I searched through several pages and didn't see a category for this so hopefully I'm not retreading something here.
I've been trying to think of solo artists who started with or also reocrd with a band whose solo work I prefer. I'm not coming up with much. It seems like I usually MUCH prefer their pre-solo days.
I like the topic GrammaG. I imagine there will be quite a few hip-hop artists on this (maybe Ice Cube, Dr. Dre, or Snoop), but I'm having a tough time thinking of rock musicians yet. Will get back to this.
Much as I like Buffalo Springfield, I'd have to go with Neil Young's solo work.
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i hugely disagree about feist. broken social scene is about a hundred times better in my opinion. now that we know what feist's solo stuff sounds like, it has become clear that she was not the creative brains behind bss.
Any Peter Gabriel fans out here? I'm not sure If I think Peter Gabriel's solo work eclipsed what he did in Genesis, but it sure beat the shit out of what Genesis did after he left.
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What if Obama gets into White House and turns out to be some crazy muslim terrorist? What do we do then? We'll be pretty screwed. It could happen." -- by some fucking nutjob
Originally posted by Stocky: I have to admit, I haven't actually heard any Heatmiser, but...
Elliott Smith.
I have, and Elliott Smith's solo work is greater. That's not to say you shouldn't check out Heatmiser, especially Mic City Sons-- "Pop in G" is still one of my favorite ES compositions.
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"This is my main concern with Obama; what if he has been groomed since childhood to blend in with the zionists and infidels? What if he has been led along by a radical islamic terrorist organization and positioned to become an influential politician?
What if Obama gets into White House and turns out to be some crazy muslim terrorist? What do we do then? We'll be pretty screwed. It could happen." -- by some fucking nutjob
Like probably a lot of people, I checked out Heatmiser after I was a fan of Elliot's solo stuff. It's kind of Afghan Whigs-ish. It's pretty good, but it's weird to hear Elliot Smith really rocking out.
For those of you that haven't heard Heatmiser, Elliot Smith was only one of two singer-songwriters in the band. The other was Neil Gust.
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If you don't count the Bad Seeds as a band: Nick Cave. The Birthday Party were challenging and intense, but Saint Nick didn't turn into a serious songwriter of note 'till afterwards.
this is a difficult question. There are a lot of really good solo works - Malkmus, and Crooked Fingers come to mind, but as good as they are, they don't come close to their full group work.
All I can come up with is Aimee Mann. But that's a slow ball.
I'm tempted to say Spencer is better as Sunset Rubdown, than he is in Wolf Parade, but I don't even think that is really true.
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How about Andrew Bird? I think his solo albums are much more interesting than Bowl of Fire/Squirrel Nut Zippers albums. (Swimming Hour is pretty good though)
I like Ben Folds a lot, but I disagree that he's better since going solo. I'll take Whatever and Ever Amen and The Unauthorized Biography... over Rockin' the Suburbs and Songs for Silverman any day.
