Mid-week Music Thing
What is it with me and music posts lately? No clue. Anyway, this one comes to you compliments of Diary of a Music Whore.
List at least 5 band members who left their bands to pursue solo projects.
» Ric Wakeman (Yes)*
» Gwen Stefani (No Doubt)
» Dan Seals (England Dan and John Ford Coley)
» Peter Cetera (Chicago)
» Chip Davis (C.W. McCall)
List 3 frontmen who made less than successful solo efforts. You can use names from above but try not to overlap.
» Dennis DeYoung (Styx). Aside from "Desert Moon", his solo work in pop music is forgettable. Apparently he makes a pretty good Pontius Pilate, though.
» Glenn Miller (Dorsey Brothers' Orchestra). Sure, he sold hundreds of thousands of records, but in the long run, his solo project ended up getting him killed. That can hardly be considered 'successful', can it?
» Steve Walsh (Kansas). He made a few solo albums, none of which ever sold particularly well and none of which ever produced a recognizable single.
List 3 groups made up of members that have reformed from other groups.
» Damn Yankees: Tommy Shaw (Styx), Jack Blades (Night Ranger), and Ted Nugent (from whatever little parallel universe he's from). Great little hair-pop-metal band. A couple of radio hits and two pretty good albums that beg to be played loud.
» Asia: John Wetton (King Crimson), Geoff Downes (the Buggles), Steve Howe (Yes), and Carl Palmer (ELP). Perhaps the most commercially successful prog supergroup ever. Too bad they fractured after just two albums.
» The Traveling Wilburys: George Harrison (the Beatles), Jeff Lynne (ELO), Tom Petty (...and the Heartbreakers), Bob Dylan (see Nugent, above), and Roy Orbison. Fun to listen to, despite the fact that Dylan's voice (still) sounds like Satan's garbage disposal.
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*Actually, Wakeman could be the whole list by himself. I'm sure he's left (and subsequently rejoined) the band at least five different times.
List at least 5 band members who left their bands to pursue solo projects.
» Ric Wakeman (Yes)*
» Gwen Stefani (No Doubt)
» Dan Seals (England Dan and John Ford Coley)
» Peter Cetera (Chicago)
» Chip Davis (C.W. McCall)
List 3 frontmen who made less than successful solo efforts. You can use names from above but try not to overlap.
» Dennis DeYoung (Styx). Aside from "Desert Moon", his solo work in pop music is forgettable. Apparently he makes a pretty good Pontius Pilate, though.
» Glenn Miller (Dorsey Brothers' Orchestra). Sure, he sold hundreds of thousands of records, but in the long run, his solo project ended up getting him killed. That can hardly be considered 'successful', can it?
» Steve Walsh (Kansas). He made a few solo albums, none of which ever sold particularly well and none of which ever produced a recognizable single.
List 3 groups made up of members that have reformed from other groups.
» Damn Yankees: Tommy Shaw (Styx), Jack Blades (Night Ranger), and Ted Nugent (from whatever little parallel universe he's from). Great little hair-pop-metal band. A couple of radio hits and two pretty good albums that beg to be played loud.
» Asia: John Wetton (King Crimson), Geoff Downes (the Buggles), Steve Howe (Yes), and Carl Palmer (ELP). Perhaps the most commercially successful prog supergroup ever. Too bad they fractured after just two albums.
» The Traveling Wilburys: George Harrison (the Beatles), Jeff Lynne (ELO), Tom Petty (...and the Heartbreakers), Bob Dylan (see Nugent, above), and Roy Orbison. Fun to listen to, despite the fact that Dylan's voice (still) sounds like Satan's garbage disposal.
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*Actually, Wakeman could be the whole list by himself. I'm sure he's left (and subsequently rejoined) the band at least five different times.
posted by Michael at
9:19 AM
2 Comments:
I can agree with Dennis De Young. He did a lot of musical theater too in his off time from the band. I saw him in Jesus Christ Superstar in the early 90's playing Pontius Pilate.
Thanks for playing!
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The Mistress of the Dark, At
February 09, 2005 5:56 PM
Oh...I wanted to add, for some reason, Blogdrive blogs take forever to load sometimes. I don't know why that is, and if you're dialup...it's longer. That's why I use blogspot, but the other two ladies on the site with me are familiar with Blogdrive so I caved.
Cheers!
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The Mistress of the Dark, At
February 10, 2005 11:41 AM
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