[Music] Famous solo artists who started in a well known band before going solo and becoming bigger

[Hiney]

The Tourists - Annie Lennox

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[albionalbino]

Bob Marley - The Wailers broke up in 1974, but he kept the name for his backing singers.

The Wailers (Bunny Wailer and Pete Tosh) had broke up but Bob kept the name for his backing band (Aston and Carlton Barrett, Jnr Murvin and others) but his backing singers were the I-Three's.

 

[McTavish]

Bit niche maybe but:
Wall of Voodo

Uk chart position 64

Stan Ridgway

UK chart position 4
And for avoidance of doubt: the first is much better than the second.

 

[albionalbino]

Beyonce (Destiny's Child)
Eric Clapton (Cream)
Dr Dre (NWA)
Belinda Carlisle (The Go Go's)
Bjork (Sugarcubes)
Neil Young ( Buffalo Springfield)

 

[Rock Lobster]

Pharrell Williams - N.E.R.D/The Neptunes

Though as I typed that I realise his biggest hits weren't actually solo but all collaborations...

 

[Lethargic]

Gwen Stefani - No Doubt
Paul Simon - Simon and Garfunkel
Belinda Carlile - The Gogo's
Captain Sensible -The Damned
Ted Nugent - The Amboy Dukes

 

[Coxovi]

Dusty Springfield - The Springfields

Rid Stewart - Steam Packet and the Jeff Beck Band

Kevin Ayers - Caravan and The Soft Machine

Robert Palmer - Vinegar Joe

Richard Thompson - Fairport Convention

Sandy Denny - Fairport Convention

Robert Wyatt - Soft Machine

Lou Reed - Velvet Underground

Phil Collins - Genesis

No way is Lou Reed close to Velvet Underground.

 

[Super Steve Earle]

Some debatable choices and dubious spellings to match, but I'm going with the emergence of one of my favourite singer/guitarists, Dave Edmunds from Love Sculpture.

 

[Return of the Rev]

Leonard Cohen-Buck skin boys

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Iggy Pop

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

That bloke from the Kaiser Chiefs

 

[SeagullinExile]

Gary Numan - Tubeway Army

 

[wellquickwoody]

Peter Gabriel (Genesis)

Paul Weller (The Jam)

Bjork (The Sugarcubes)

Ozzy Osbourne (Black Sabbath)

Alison Moyet (Yazoo)

Weller? Nah.

 

[wellquickwoody]

I'll see your Paul McCartney and raise you Robbie Williams.

I’ll see your Robbie Williams and raise you.........Cliff Richard.

 

[Tyrone Biggums]

Feargal Sharkey - The Undertones

Lauryn Hill - Fugees

 

[super-seagulls]

That bloke from the Kaiser Chiefs

Apparently not!

How about Nile Rodgers from Chic?

 

[super-seagulls]

Was Dennis Waterman ever in a band?

 

[Tyrone Biggums]

John Farnham actually did it twice.

Left two bands to have two separate solo careers bigger than the bands he left.

 

[Tyrone Biggums]

Jenny Morris - QED