Artists who are better after they left a band?
10-16-01 | 11:15 PM
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Artists who are better after they left a band?
Artist who you think did better after they left a band they were in to either start a new band or go solo.
Either they left the band they were in or the band broke up for whatever reason.
Phil Collins - Genesis
Peter Gabriel - Genesis
Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters) - Nirvana
Eric Clapton - Cream
George Michael - Wham (ok, this one is stretching it, I mean did Andrew Ridgley really contribute that much?
Roger Waters - Pink Floyd (only because I like his stuff better than Gilmore Floyd stuff)
Either they left the band they were in or the band broke up for whatever reason.
Phil Collins - Genesis
Peter Gabriel - Genesis
Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters) - Nirvana
Eric Clapton - Cream
George Michael - Wham (ok, this one is stretching it, I mean did Andrew Ridgley really contribute that much?
Roger Waters - Pink Floyd (only because I like his stuff better than Gilmore Floyd stuff)
10-17-01 | 12:27 AM
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Belinda Carsile after the Go-Go's.
Bjork after the Sugarcubes.
Juliana Hatfield who left Blake Babies.
And I love Throwing Muses, but Kristin Hersh's solo stuff topps anything she did with the band.
And of course Tori Amos after she left Y Kant Tori Read?
Bjork after the Sugarcubes.
Juliana Hatfield who left Blake Babies.
And I love Throwing Muses, but Kristin Hersh's solo stuff topps anything she did with the band.
And of course Tori Amos after she left Y Kant Tori Read?
10-17-01 | 01:25 AM
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Bernard Butler after he left Suede.
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10-17-01 | 01:46 AM
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I'd agree with most of these, but you've gotta burn if you think either Floyd or Roger Waters was better off after he left. The band's never been the same 
10-17-01 | 02:04 AM
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Do you mean sold better or made better music?
Frank Black - Pixies (not better, but equal).
Kim Deal (Breeders) - Pixies (ditto)
Dionne Farris - Arrested Development
Richard Patrick (Filter) - Nine Inch Nails touring guitarist
Dave King (Flogging Molly) - Fastway
Joan Jett - Runaways
Danny Elfman - Oingo Boingo
John Reis (Rocket From The Crypt) - Pitchfork/Drive Like Jehu
Michael Jackson - Jackson 5
Damon Albarn (Gorillaz) - Blur (I wouldn't say the music is better, but it's proabably sold better)
Frank Black - Pixies (not better, but equal).
Kim Deal (Breeders) - Pixies (ditto)
Dionne Farris - Arrested Development
Richard Patrick (Filter) - Nine Inch Nails touring guitarist
Dave King (Flogging Molly) - Fastway
Joan Jett - Runaways
Danny Elfman - Oingo Boingo
John Reis (Rocket From The Crypt) - Pitchfork/Drive Like Jehu
Michael Jackson - Jackson 5
Damon Albarn (Gorillaz) - Blur (I wouldn't say the music is better, but it's proabably sold better)
10-19-01 | 10:41 AM
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Originally posted by einTier
I'd agree with most of these, but you've gotta burn if you think either Floyd or Roger Waters was better off after he left. The band's never been the same
I'd agree with most of these, but you've gotta burn if you think either Floyd or Roger Waters was better off after he left. The band's never been the same
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10-19-01 | 10:42 AM
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From: Grounded in reality. For the most part.
Originally posted by Burnt Alive
Do you mean sold better or made better music?
Do you mean sold better or made better music?
However, I do stand corrected on my Waters/Floyd remark.
-Steve
10-19-01 | 08:07 PM
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Re: Artists who are better after they left a band?
Originally posted by Alien Redrum
Phil Collins - Genesis
Phil Collins - Genesis
10-20-01 | 01:08 AM
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Re: Re: Artists who are better after they left a band?
Originally posted by Drexl
If you're talking about making better music, I would disagree. Like Patrick Bateman, I feel he works better within the confines of Genesis.
If you're talking about making better music, I would disagree. Like Patrick Bateman, I feel he works better within the confines of Genesis.
What do you think about Huey Lewis?
-Steve
10-20-01 | 10:03 AM
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ummm...Sting?
I loved The Police and to this day think they were one of the greatest rock bands ever, but Sting would never have been able to do a lot of the things he wanted to do (musically) had he not left.
We'd have never seen albums like Dream of the Blue Turtles, Nothing Like the Sun or Soul Cages from that band.
I loved The Police and to this day think they were one of the greatest rock bands ever, but Sting would never have been able to do a lot of the things he wanted to do (musically) had he not left.
We'd have never seen albums like Dream of the Blue Turtles, Nothing Like the Sun or Soul Cages from that band.
