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solo musical artists have shown the greatest deterioration in the quality of their work since leaving the groups that originally made them famous?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 10:01:05 · 5 answers · asked by Bowzer 7 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
Black Sabbath leaving Ozzy behind;) Brilliant move, LOL.
2006-08-04 10:10:29 · answer #1 · answered by Mark 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Van Halen
2006-08-04 10:04:59 · answer #2 · answered by senorfrisk 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Peter Cetera after leaving Chicago.
2006-08-04 10:05:36 · answer #3 · answered by shominyyuspa 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dennis DeYoung/ Styx
2006-08-04 10:05:45 · answer #4 · answered by Wounded duckmate 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Natalie Merchant. She basically disappeared after 10,000 Maniacs.
None of the Spice Girls made it solo.
2006-08-04 10:08:19 · answer #5 · answered by gregory_dittman 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋