Cosmo Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 Sometimes when a band breaks up (or not), some of it's members take on a solo career, like Slash, Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Noel Gallagher, Robert Plant, David Lee Roth, Iggy Pop, Michael Jackson, Bruce Dickinson, Chris Cornell, Ozzy Osbourne, Justin Timberlake, Beyonce, Dee Dee Ramone, Steve Harris, Ace Frehley, etc... the question is: Which of these solo careers, from members of famous groups were the BEST, the WORST, the most DISAPPOINTING, the most SURPRISINGLY GOOD and which solo career would you like to see some day? As an example I'll do my list:Best: Michael JacksonWorst: Peter CrissMost Disappointing: David Lee RothMost Surprisingly Good: Justin TimberlakeI'd love to see: A Bono Vox solo albumPS: Side projects, supergroups and new bands don't count. For example: Sixx:A.M., Audioslave, Wings, VR, Fort Minor, Foo Fighters and Loaded don't count, since they're not solo careers, even if from members of famous bands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerage5 Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 pretty cool idea for a thread. best: ronnie james dio. after leaving rainbow and sabbath he knocked it out of the ballpark with his solo stuff.worst: paul di'annomost disappointing: ozzymost surpisingly good: quorthonid love to see: axl roseGoing off the OP's rules, Dio wouldn't count since its technically a band, but I'd agree Dio would be in contention if you count it. And Paul Di'Anno's Battlezone's albums are great, but again, a band. Best: Bruce DickinsonWorst: Vince NeilMost surprisingly good: Roger DaltreyMost surprisingly bad: 3-way tie - Steve Harris, Alice Cooper, and Joey BelladonnaLove to see: Eddie Van Halen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bran Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 pretty cool idea for a thread. best: ronnie james dio. after leaving rainbow and sabbath he knocked it out of the ballpark with his solo stuff.worst: paul di'annomost disappointing: ozzymost surpisingly good: quorthonid love to see: axl roseGoing off the OP's rules, Dio wouldn't count since its technically a band, but I'd agree Dio would be in contention if you count it. And Paul Di'Anno's Battlezone's albums are great, but again, a band.Best: Bruce DickinsonWorst: Vince NeilMost surprisingly good: Roger DaltreyMost surprisingly bad: 3-way tie - Steve Harris, Alice Cooper, and Joey BelladonnaLove to see: Eddie Van Halenyeah i can see that, will make changes best: king diamondworst: cronosmost disappointing- ozzy osbournemost surprisingly good- quorthonlove to see: axl rose or jari maenpaa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luciusfunk Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 Best: Adam AntWorst: Darren HayesMost Disappointing: Billy CorganMost Surprisingly Good: Roger TaylorI'd love to see: Axl Rose Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 Best: Neil Young. He left Buffalo Springfield and has been god ever since. Also,Ozzy up to a point.Worst: Anything Paul did post-Beatles.Most Disappointing: Slash although I like bits of his postgnr stuff. His solo stuff lacks consistency.Most Surprisingly Good: Gilby. Who would have thought he had a Pawnshop Guitars up his sleeve? Harrison's All Things Must Pass also is the greatest Beatles solo work although maybe that was not that surprising considering the calibre of his late-Beatles songs (Something and WMGGW).Like to see: Axl, a big piano laden epic. John Deacon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewbacca Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 Best: Jerry CantrellWorst: Chris CornellMost Disappointing: Eddie VedderMost Suprisingly Good: BucketheadI'd Love To See: Axl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Len B'stard Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 I've only heard Izzys first album but i don't think it was disappointing. In fact i think it sounded brilliant, a lot better than Slashes, god bless him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GivenToFly Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 I don't think there's any that I can call great throughout. Good and bad parts to each.I think Robbie Williams did best given his band background (to my taste at least), coming out of a boy band, and ending up putting out some really good music - granted, none of that lately, but for a while he was pretty good.Chris Cornell started out phenomenally with Euphoria Morning, but evened it out with Scream, while Carry On and Audioslave are alright but nothing special. The live acoustic tours are totally worth it though.Roger Waters's The Final Cut and ...Hitchhiking I don't like AT ALL but I love Amused To Death and Radio KAOS to bits.Izzy's stuff is generally very good up to and including Like A Dog but after that it gets repetitive and boring.Robert Plant's 80s stuff I find borderline unlistenable but starting with Fate of Nations it's pretty damn good.Mark Knopfler's stuff is generally alright or good but there are very few standout tracks and ultimately it's all pretty much a 20 year blur.Chris Robinson I think may be the best. He's only got two solo studio albums but they're both excellent.These are the ones I am most familiar with, unless I'm forgetting anyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinaski Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 (edited) Most Surprisingly Good: Gilby. Who would have thought he had a Pawnshop Guitars up his sleeve? Harrison's All Things Must Pass also is the greatest Beatles solo work although maybe that was not that surprising considering the calibre of his late-Beatles songs (Something and WMGGW).Agreed.It's actually hard to think of solo records that aren't really side projects while they're in their main band still.Mark Lanegan must be up there for me. I much prefer his records (especially Mark Lanegan Band) to Screaming Trees. Edited December 19, 2012 by Chinaski Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chevelle Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 I can't believe all the people picking Cornell as the worst. Scream is a steaming dog pile, sure, but Euphoria Morning is excellent and Carry On is pretty decent (not great, but not terrible by any means). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Binge_And_Slash Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 Best: Roger WatersWorst: Gene Simmons Most Disappointing: Geoff TateMost Surprisingly Good : Joe Walsh (Not that much of an Eagles fan)Would Like To See: Axl Rose, Tom Keifer, Justin Hawkins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlterL Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 Best Ozzy Osbourne, Mark TremontiWorst: Vince NeilMost Disappointing: Slash (I was looking for so much more from him, the worst part is that he has the talent for great songs but then it comes with avarage to nothing bad songs with little exceptions like Anastasia) also I would have to put on the list Chris CornellMost Surprisingly Good: Gilby, then Izzy, then DJ Ashba (his work with the solo band ASHBA and Sixx:A.M is amazing) and the best of them all Buckethead (the guy became one of my all time favorites with songs like Earth Heals Herself, Soothsayer, Electric Tears, I Love My Parents and so many others...) The guy is a God at guitat playing.I'd love to see: Axl Rose, Steven Tyler, Myles Kennedy, Shaun Morgan, Amy Lee, ZP Theart, and so many others Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Len B'stard Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 I'm laughing at all of you putting Axl under "love to see." You mean like if he hired a whole new set of musicians and assumed complete creative control of the music? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GivenToFly Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 I'm laughing at all of you putting Axl under "love to see." You mean like if he hired a whole new set of musicians and assumed complete creative control of the music? It's the name that constrains him, not creative control. He said that he tries to make the music fit what is expected of GNR but if that were gone he would do some completely different stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
realpoti Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 Best: Mike PattonWorst: Gene SimmonsMost Disappointing: Chris CornellMost Surprisingly Good: Trey Spruance (Secret Chiefs 3)I'd love to see: Kim Thayil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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