Going Solo: Unsuccessful Solo Artists
Submitted by JohnnyW on Sun, 03/18/2001 - 12:51
Tags:
- Keith Richards (The Rolling Stones)
- Mick Jagger (The Rolling Stones)
- Roger Waters (Pink Floyd)
- Alex Chilton (The Box Tops, Big Star)
- Deborah Harry (Blondie)
- Any Kiss Member
- Peter Cetera (Chicago)
- David Lee Roth (Van Halen)
- Slash, in the guise of Slash's Snakepit (Guns 'n' Roses)
- Jerry Cantrell (Alice in Chains)
- Scott Weiland (Stone Temple Pilots)
- Ginger Spice aka Geri Halliwell (The Spice Girls)
Author Comments:
These artists thought leaving their successful groups for greener pastures was a good idea. They were wrong. The lucky ones got back in with their old bandmates. The others faded into obscurity...
Great list. I won't argue over a single entry here.
Shalom, y'all!
L. Bangs
While you're right about many of these artists going into obscurity, it's wrong to also assume that their solo works were not good. I know that Roger Waters' solo album "Amused to Death" was much better than many of Floyd's albums.
I haven't heard Amused to Death, so maybe I was too quick to pull the trigger on Waters. He just seems so bitter now that he's in his post-Floyd days that maybe I was influenced by that...
Johnny Waco
one thing about jerry cantrell (i dont know about the others) is that he wasnt looking to make it big. not saying that u said he was, but i think its great how he is getting what he wants. hes making great music and having an even greater time doing it. he lives on a ranch with his family and writes and creates music at his own will which i think is missed by many artists today and creates a lot of meaningless songs
Hmmm, I liked Jerry Cantrell's music as much as Alice in Chains'.
I suppose I could name a whole bunch of unsuccessful prog-metal artists who went solo and failed, if I thought about it (but don't count on it).
Roger Waters will bring his tour commemorating the 30th anniversary of the release of Pink Floyd's The Wall to Oakland.