Artists who were great with their group, but disappointing as solo acts
Thought this might make an interesting topic.
This is obviously highly subjective to one's personal opinion. When I say disappointing as a solo act, it could mean either you thought their songs were disappointing creatively or either sales were disappointing and their album(s) ended up being flops. A couple I can think of off the topic of my head: Christine McVie from Fleetwood Mac. Only 1 Gold record, which she made back in 1984 as a solo act. Andrea Corr from The Corrs. I personally did not like her solo debut album at all. She released a follow up, but now she's back to performing with The Corrs again. Terry Ellis from En Vogue. She released a solo album back in 1995 and it ended up being a bomb. She went back to En Vogue eventually. Also, wouldn't Lauryn Hill from The Fugees be considered a disappointment to some? Her solo debut was a platinum smash and then she just disappeared. And then there's Nicole Scherzinger from The Pussycat Dolls. She had success with the group and I was looking forward to her solo debut, but I guess her label really mismanaged her and her album was a massive bomb. Now she's more of a reality TV/competition star. |
Re: Artists who were great with their group, but disappointing as solo acts
Peter Cetera - Chicago
Bruce Dickenson - Iron Maiden Rob Halford - Judas Priest (some of his side projects were 'okay') |
Re: Artists who were great with their group, but disappointing as solo acts
^^ Good one with Cetera. He had only 1 platinum record after he left Chicago and that was 30 years ago. And that album was a hit only because he had that duet with Amy Grant and Glory of Love.
All his future albums were disappointments. He's 72 now and I can't really say he had a successful solo career. He should have gone back to Chicago. At least they're still performing regularly. |
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Without giving it too much thought, I imagine the vast majority of artists who leave successful bands go on to somewhat disappointing solo careers. For every Peter Gabriel or Beyonce out there, there's probably about 100 who didn't live up to expectations. Heck, despite all of their individual successes, you could put all four Beatles on that list.
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Ozzy Osbourne.
He was the singer for one of the darkest, heaviest bands to come along. Real innovators with a singular, dangerous vision. When he went solo, he turned into an 80's metalhead cartoon. Prince of Darkness my ass. Prince of marketing is more like it. Nothing he's done as a solo artist is as dark as Sabatage. Yes, some of his solo work is good, and the Randy Rhoads material stands out in the genre, but the whole thing is a very profitable joke. And of course, nowadays he's known as the mumbling buffoon who shouts "Sharon!!" and who foisted Zakk Wylde on us. Obviously, I'm talking about being disappointing creatively here, as Ozzy's solo career has made as much as ten Black Sabbaths ever would. |
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Mick Jagger
Keith Richards Ron Wood Mick Taylor Jimmy Page Glen Frey Crosby, Stills, Nash(individually in comparison to Neil Young) Paul Kantner Paul Rodgers( this one is a little different. Does forming a band to do your solo albums count?) Joe Perry Ozzy raises the question of artists in a well known band who became bigger than the band ever was. Rod Stewart, Joe Walsh. |
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Re: Artists who were great with their group, but disappointing as solo acts
Roger Waters from Pink Floyd.
Peter Wolf and the rest of the J. Geils Band were hopeless without each other. |
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Jane Wiedlin
I kind of like some of her solo stuff, but unlike Belinda Carlisle, she was a commercial flop as a solo artist. |
Re: Artists who were great with their group, but disappointing as solo acts
Originally Posted by The Cow
(Post 12900427)
Bruce Dickenson - Iron Maiden
Originally Posted by Jason
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Ozzy Osbourne.
He was the singer for one of the darkest, heaviest bands to come along. [...] and the Randy Rhoads material stands out in the genre, but the whole thing is a very profitable joke. |
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Although I like his solo stuff, Morrissey never equaled his work with The Smiths.
Paul McCartney also. |
Re: Artists who were great with their group, but disappointing as solo acts
Originally Posted by The Cow
(Post 12900427)
Bruce Dickenson - Iron Maiden
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Re: Artists who were great with their group, but disappointing as solo acts
Bruce Dickinson solo > Iron Maiden with Blaze Bayley
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Re: Artists who were great with their group, but disappointing as solo acts
A second vote for Roger Waters from Pink Floyd
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Re: Artists who were great with their group, but disappointing as solo acts
Originally Posted by astrochimp
(Post 12900957)
Although I like his solo stuff, Morrissey never equaled his work with The Smiths.
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Re: Artists who were great with their group, but disappointing as solo acts
Originally Posted by Ky-Fi
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I might slightly disagree with that. Or at least I'd put it this way: when I went to see Morrissey live a couple years ago, I really didn't care if he played any Smiths songs or not. He's just got so many great tunes from his solo career--and his solo stuff got a little harder-edged here and there, too. You're probably right, but it's a pretty close call for me.
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Glenn Danzig (Love the first 4 Danzig albums but they can't touch The Misfits & Samhain material.)
Siouxsie Sioux Peter Murphy |
Re: Artists who were great with their group, but disappointing as solo acts
Originally Posted by rw2516
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Jimmy Page
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Re: Artists who were great with their group, but disappointing as solo acts
Originally Posted by Falc04
(Post 12901146)
A second vote for Roger Waters from Pink Floyd
I'll also put a second vote out there for Sting. After those first 3 albums things went down hill fast. But I'm reading good things about his upcoming album. Supposedly a back to the form of those first three. |
Re: Artists who were great with their group, but disappointing as solo acts
Originally Posted by Mondo Kane
(Post 12901197)
I remember seeing a music video from his Outrider album. It was so awkward to watch a (Performance) video where the lead singer is hardly shown.
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Re: Artists who were great with their group, but disappointing as solo acts
I prefer Morrissey over The Smiths also. More variety.
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Pete Townsend? Some great singles, but overall, pretty disappointing.
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Re: Artists who were great with their group, but disappointing as solo acts
Originally Posted by hdnmickey
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I'll also put a second vote out there for Sting. After those first 3 albums things went down hill fast. But I'm reading good things about his upcoming album. Supposedly a back to the form of those first three. |
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Given the sound of both GITM and Syncronicity, I've never expected Sting's solo work to be anything other than an extension of those albums. They had not recorded punk flavored songs like Fall Out since they started enjoying success on top 40 radio. Closest we got was the couple oddities on each album, usually sung by Andy or Stewart. Honestly, I had never heard those first punky non-album singles until that Message in Box release.
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Re: Artists who were great with their group, but disappointing as solo acts
Originally Posted by Josh-da-man
(Post 12901144)
Bruce Dickinson solo > Iron Maiden with Blaze Bayley
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