Which solo musical artists have shown the greatest deterioration in the quality of their work since leaving the groups that originally made them famous?
e.g.
STING
In The Police: Writes tightly-crafted, brilliantly spare and lyrically orginal albums like Reggatta de Blanc
After The Police: Words fail me. Audio chewing gum that gives AOR a bad name.
LOU REED
In the Velvet Underground: Phew, where do I start?
After the Velvet Underground: Phew, why didn't he stop? He's tried desperately, for well over 30 years, to recover the darkness, the sheer originality, the fragile, twisted songwriting, the visceral, ear-shredding power of the VU. And every single time (almost) he's come across as trying too hard lyrically, accompanied by music that's plodding and uninspired.
PS - Performers who were crap in their original groups, and are still crap now, don't count (still, you've gotta respect consistency). Nor do those who formed new groups, like Dave Grohl - that's a separate question.
2006-08-04
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