When Classic Rockers Go Solo

mike65

Ego massage, the opportunity to expand their musical horizons, or the chance to get a better deal!? :pac:

Some solo endeavours by rocking heavy weights, starting with the debut album from John Entwistle Smash Your Head against the Wall is quite sublime. The Who without Rog and Pete and er Keith really. Some tremendous tunes and clever, reflective lyrics.


This is track is already turned up to 11.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fDZ-V3ibbY

David Gilmour wasn't just the pretty face and string bender in the Floyd, this is from his second album About Face (1978) and shows his "acoustic" side to good effect (interesting angle to this album is how lyrically its humanist even a bit socialist in certain aspects, bearing in mind that Roger was always assumed to be the conscience of the Floyd).

The opener is a strikes a knowing jaunty tone.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVvgoI1YvJM

Think Black Sabbath and solo usually means Ozzy not drummer Bill Ward who goes in places the Sabs didn't or certainly didn't often. Fascinating album from 1990 Ward One: Along the Way, quite ethereal and intriguing almost Floydian with its soundscapes and "found sounds" but with a sharp tone that could suggest even Heaven 17 or modern jazz at times. Its eclectic.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zq5K7nke6nQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vh_eV2O2Umw

feel free to add your favourites.

Gaspode

Loved this solo album from Phil, particularly this song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFp7ywR5c5Y

big b

Love him or hate him, and the vast majority choose the latter, but this album started one of the most successful solo careers in classic rock.

Here's Phils' take on a Beatles song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycS3mrt9niQ

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mike65 wrote: »

Some solo endeavours by rocking heavy weights, starting with the debut album from John Entwistle Smash Your Head against the Wall is quite sublime. The Who without Rog and Pete and er Keith really. Some tremendous tunes and clever, reflective lyrics.

That's a magnificent album, as good as or better than any Who album that isn't Tommy, Who's Next or Quadrophenia. It's been out of print for years though. I had to buy my copy from eBay. Some choice tunes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfbzUof-h64

That's a slowed down version of the same song The Who used to start their shows with, often as a glorified soundcheck before moving on to their own canon.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9LDNNlpKUc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEweX8yblHo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPsdZicMAzE

His Whistle Rhymes album isn't too shabby either. A lot jokier than his first album though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwIhnyXw3Eo

He pretty much ran out of steam after those first two albums though.

rednik

Roger Waters Amused to death is a great album and my favourite of his solo stuff.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VQq0wC_72Y

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sklpf3WkY0M

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qB2f-_ovYM

By the way Mike, About Face was 84, I saw Gilmour in the National Stadium in March that year, his debut solo album was 78.

mike65

thead bump for Roger Daltrey, from the film McVicar

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOdLEF7xXmI

RayCon

rednik wrote: »

By the way Mike, About Face was 84, I saw Gilmour in the National Stadium in March that year, his debut solo album was 78.

I have that bootleg lying around somewhere ....

bodhrandude

mike65 wrote: »

Ego massage, the opportunity to expand their musical horizons, or the chance to get a better deal!? :pac:

Some solo endeavours by rocking heavy weights, starting with the debut album from John Entwistle Smash Your Head against the Wall is quite sublime. The Who without Rog and Pete and er Keith really. Some tremendous tunes and clever, reflective lyrics.


This is track is already turned up to 11.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fDZ-V3ibbY

David Gilmour wasn't just the pretty face and string bender in the Floyd, this is from his second album About Face (1978) and shows his "acoustic" side to good effect (interesting angle to this album is how lyrically its humanist even a bit socialist in certain aspects, bearing in mind that Roger was always assumed to be the conscience of the Floyd).

The opener is a strikes a knowing jaunty tone.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVvgoI1YvJM

Think Black Sabbath and solo usually means Ozzy not drummer Bill Ward who goes in places the Sabs didn't or certainly didn't often. Fascinating album from 1990 Ward One: Along the Way, quite ethereal and intriguing almost Floydian with its soundscapes and "found sounds" but with a sharp tone that could suggest even Heaven 17 or modern jazz at times. Its eclectic.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zq5K7nke6nQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vh_eV2O2Umw

feel free to add your favourites.

Just to correct you on the Dave Gilmour release, he released his first solo album (self-titled) in 1978, the one your referring to About Face was released in 1984. He toured that year and played a few tracks from the album on Channel 4s The Tube.

A nice thread, keep up the good work.

bnt

Tony Banks of Genesis has done some odd solo work over the years. He prefers to work with other singers, such as Fish:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5y7LtKGYLM

Alistair Gordon and Jayne Klimek in the band Bankstatement:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koowBlr-l4I

I guess he thinks his own voice isn't strong enough, but I think it's quirky:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQfqQDPItnI

mike65

I really like Shortcut to Nowhere, pity it wasn't a hit.