solo projects

[diamondsgirl]

Not neccessarily based on their commercial success. Who are your favorite musicians/singers who have gone solo?

[diamondsgirl]

I'll start by saying David Lee Roth.

Shocking, I know.

[Matt White]

Robert Plant.
First three solo recordings(Pictures at Eleven, Principle, and Shaken & Stired) where all great.

John Waite
Ronnie Dio
Uli Roth
Yngwie Malmsteen

[scottydabodi]

Lessee, well, there's DLR, Dio, Malmsteen, Vai, Uli Jon Roth(no relation to Dave Roth), Frank Zappa, Jaco Pastorius, Ozzy, Dave Mustaine(let's face it-Megadeth was always Dave's solo project), and some others that I just can't think of right now... GEORGE MICHAEL!!--just kiddin'!

[sambo]

LOL, George Michael.

Ozzy, Vai and Zappa were first that come to mind...

[sambo]

Pete Townsend has a huge fan base to this day.. and has a number of good solo albums:

1972 Who Came First
1977 Rough Mix
1980 Empty Glass
1982 All the Best Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes
1985 White City: A Novel
1986 Pete Townshend's Deep End Live!
1989 The Iron Man: A Musical
1993 Psychoderelict

[scottydabodi]

George Harrison's 1st solo album was great. I like SOME McCartney, I suppose, but I think that Robert Plant has done some KILLER albums... Check out "Fate of Nations". Kinda pop-rocky, but VERY good songs, and a real honest sound.

[diamondsgirl]

I like Peter Gabriel's solo stuff better than the stuff he did with Genesis.
Pretty bizarre how he named 3 (or 4?) of his solo albums "Peter Gabriel". What was the deal with that?:confused:

[Denny]

FRANK ZAPPA

[EmpyreLounge44]

althuogh they didnt necessarily sell or were heard that much, i really dug chris cornell's solo disc as well as Dave Navarros and Scott Weilands solo discs.

oh i cant forget the discs that John Frusciante has put out this year....f'in amazing.

[Diver Down NJ]

Robert Plant
DLR
Geoff Tate
Chris Cornell
Sammy Hagar (just kidding!)
Jerry Cantrell
Bruce Dickinson
Rob Halford (his Resurrection disc only)

[Mr Badguy]

Roger Waters

[BITEYOASS]

Brian Eno

[hard rock]

Hey guys no one mentioned John Lennon. he was succesfull outside the beatles and to me proved that he was the heart and soul of that band.

Ozzy proved that he could continue without sabbath

david lee roth- showed that he could put out great tunes without the help of the van halen brothers

[Warham]

Brian Wilson.

He officially left the Beach Boys in 1995. Since then, he's released 6 albums (7 altogether in his solo career). He's had a decent to modestly successful solo career, with the pinnacle being the 2004 release of SMiLE, which was forty years late.

Brian Wilson 1988 ****
Orange Crate Art 1995 ***
I Just Wasn't Made For These Times 1995 ***
Imagination 1998 ***
Live At The Roxy 2000 ****
Pet Sounds Live 2002 ***
Gettin' In Over My Head 2004 ***
SMiLE 2004 *****

[Diver Down NJ]

Isnt' Orange Crate Art more of a Van Dyke Parks album, with assistance from Brian?

[Warham]

Yes it is, Diver. I just threw it in there because his name is attached to it, especially with it slapped on the album cover.

Van Dyke did indeed write all of that album, with lead vocals by Brian throughout.

[Alex Mogilny]

Originally posted by sambo
Pete Townsend has a huge fan base to this day.. and has a number of good solo albums:

1972 Who Came First
1977 Rough Mix
1980 Empty Glass
1982 All the Best Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes
1985 White City: A Novel
1986 Pete Townshend's Deep End Live!
1989 The Iron Man: A Musical
1993 Psychoderelict


Aren't all the Who albums really Pete Townshend solo albums????