Going Solo: Successful Solo Artists
Submitted by JohnnyW on Sun, 03/18/2001 - 12:44
Tags:
- Don Henley (The Eagles)
- Sting (The Police)
- Neil Young (Buffalo Springfield)
- John Lennon (The Beatles)
- Lou Reed (The Velvet Underground)
- Ozzy Osborne (Black Sabbath)
- Peter Gabriel (Genesis)
- Michael Jackson (The Jackson Five)
- Curtis Mayfield (The Impressions)
- Janis Joplin (Big Brother and the Holding Company)
- Rod Stewart (The Small Faces)
- Bjork (The Sugarcubes)
- Natalie Merchant (10,000 Maniacs)
- Chris Cornell (Soundgarden)
- Mark Lanegan (Screaming Trees)
- Mark Eitzel (American Music Club)
Author Comments:
These lists refer to artists who first had success, whether commercial or critical, within a band or group context and then either left the group or went solo after the demise of the group. By successful here, I prefer to use critical criteria to commercial, therefore Phil Collins will not appear on this list...
How about Eric Clapton (Cream)? Mark Knoppfler (Dire Straits)?
I think they might fit into the Phil Collins category. sorry dude.
Eric Clapton probably would qualify, except that I so naturally think of him as a completely solo artist, maybe because he jumped from band to band so much in his early career. Also, I enjoy Dire Straits but I haven't heard Knopfler's solo work...
Johnny Waco