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Sometimes a lead singer gets kicked out of a band, or leaves when their head gets too big for them. How well did they do on their own?
The 20 most recent entries are listed below. There are 116 Better Off Solo entries on the site.
Band | Name | Comments & Submittor Name | ||
| System Of A Down | Serj Tankian | This might sound lame, but I actually think that Serj is neither better nor worse after leaving SOAD. I think SOAD, Scars On Broadway ("System" guitarist Daron Malakian and drummer John Dolmayan) and solo Serj are equally good! - Jonathan S. | ||
| Beatles | John Lennon | John went on to have a successful solo career until he was shot dead by Mark David Chapman in 1980. In an ABC news interview he was asked if the Beatles would ever get back together. He replied that he "didn't know" if that would ever happen. - Celeste | ||
| Exile | J. P. Pennington | After leaving the band in the late 1980's, Pennington enjoyed moderate success as a solo artist, scoring a Top 30 Country hit in "Whatever It Takes". He has since re-formed Exile with guitarist Les Taylor. - Todd W. Zimmerman | ||
| LTD | Jeffrey Osbourne | I just thought he was better as a solo than he was in LTD. Of course, he was the drummer and singer, so he was kind of handicapped. - Soul | ||
| Change | Luther Vandross | Luther Vandross wasn't in the limelight until he went solo. But he did write a song for "The Wiz" called 'Brand New Day'. - Paul Warren | ||
| Free | Paul Rodgers | Yes, did have a solo career among his fronting for Free, Bad Co., The Firm , and The Law. - Richard Head | ||
| The Raspberries | Eric Carmen | Even Carmen himself said that the band was "pretty bad" in an interview. - Rash Dipdock | ||
| Digital Underground | Tupac Shakur | He was never in the limelight with this band, now look at him. He's making songs beyond the grave! - Paul Warren | ||
| Ratt | Warren DeMartini | He was a sick guitar player, Ratt was a little bit...well, limiting for his abilities IMO... - Yo Momma | ||
| Shalamar | Jody Watley | Had 6 Top Ten pop hits in the late 80's, including "Looking For a New Love" and "Real Love". - Todd W. Zimmerman | ||
| Mott The Hoople | Ian Hunter | Had a moderately successful solo career in the 80s and 90s. - Rocky | ||
| Brinsley Schwarz | Nick Lowe | After the group broke up, Lowe went on to a successful performing career as a solo artist and with his band Rockpile. He also made his mark as the producer of Elvis Costello and Graham Parker's early albums. - Todd W. Zimmerman | ||
| Poison | Bret Michaels | Bret Michaels, lead singer of Poison, the host of VH-1's Rock of Life. - Mickey D. | ||
| Hot Gossip | Sarah Brightman | She's an international superstar and chances are you've never even heard of Hot Gossip. - Joshua Scott | ||
| Backstreet Boys | Brian Littrell | He has always had the best voice. He Can totally pull it off. The guys would be nothing without him. - Brianne | ||
| Genesis | Mike Rutherford | Found side success in 1985 with Mike + the Mechanics, but in 1982, as a solo artist, released an album called 'Acting Very Strange' that produced a Top 40 hit in Canada called 'Maxine' - whistledog | ||
| Them | Van Morrison | After Morrison left Them, no one really knew about Them. - Paul Warren | ||
| Dream Theater | John Petrucci | He's got an awesome instrumental prog metal album. I don't have it, but I've listened to some of it on Last.fm. - 2:49 AM | ||
| Hawkwind | Lemmy Kilminster | Lemmy went on to start "Motorhead". A quintessential heavy metal band. Lemmy said after being fired, "I was happy to be sacked from Hawkwind, they didn't have any bollocks anyhow." - Wade Brock | ||
| Montrose | Sammy Hagar | Hagar was the lead singer of the early 70s rock band formed by ex-Edgar Winter Group guitarist Ronnie Montrose. - Rocky Roccoco-Cola |
New entries in this section are currently reviewed by Below Average Dave. Previous editors (if any) are listed on the editors page.
The Top Ten Contributors To This Section
| Paul Warren (site rank #10) | 18 |
| Celeste (site rank #11) | 13 |
| princejellyfish | 10 |
| whistledog | 4 |
| oldrock | 4 |
| Rocky | 3 |
| Eric | 3 |
| Lisa | 3 |
| Todd W. Zimmerman | 3 |
| Matt | 2 |
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