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



elwheelio

Amateur Sleuth
Jan 24, 2006
1,892
Brighton
Dr Dre (NWA)
Sting (The Police) - perhaps debatable
Diana Ross
Tina Turner
Cher
 
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Harry Wilson's tackle

Harry Wilson's Tackle
NSC Patreon
Oct 8, 2003
49,331
Faversham
Yes, he recorded his ideas on an omsung phine

The original post has been edited. Now, to posterity, I look like a twerp.

No change, there, then :lolol:
 


smillie's garden

Am I evil?
Aug 11, 2003
2,584
94 East. Produced Colonel Abrams, and some bloke who called himself Prince.



(Too be fair, this might be some later remix)
 








Mancgull

Well-known member
Nov 28, 2011
4,696
Astley, Manchester
Certainly Gary's blues dominant second half of his solo career did very well. Whether it exceeded Lizzy is debatable. As an aside did you know he is buried in Rottingdean?

I did.
Let’s go Joan Jett /Runaways
(And before anyone gets pedantic, yes I know it’s Joan Jett and the Blackhearts), but every rocker will need a band)
 


hart's shirt

Well-known member
Jul 8, 2003
10,123
Kitbag in Dubai
Beyonce (Destiny's Child)

Gloria Estefan (Miami Sound Machine)

Chaka Khan (Ask Rufus)

Diana Ross (The Supremes)

Gwen Stefani (No Doubt)
 








smillie's garden

Am I evil?
Aug 11, 2003
2,584
I did.
Let’s go Joan Jett /Runaways
(And before anyone gets pedantic, yes I know it’s Joan Jett and the Blackhearts), but every rocker will need a band)

Don't forget Lita Ford, who became more successful than The Runaways (they were only "big in Japan").
 




happypig

Staring at the rude boys
May 23, 2009
7,934
Eastbourne
David Johansen/Buster Poindexter
Wilko Johnson
Steve Winwood

As for Weller, he peaked in the Jam, nothing since has been as good.
 


jakarta

Well-known member
May 25, 2007
15,616
Sullington
Well it has to be Professor Eno doesn't it?

Has had a great solo career but far more important as a collaborator and producer with more Great Artists / Bands than you can shake a stick at.

Also could be cited as the first really influential Ambient Musician.

On the other hand Lionel Richie did do Dancing on the Ceiling :lolol:
 








studio150

Well-known member
Jul 30, 2011
29,553
On the Border
Alice Cooper (Alice Cooper)
Paul Carrick (Ace)
Nick Lowe (Brinsley Schwarz)
Jonathan Richman (The Modern Lovers)
 





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