What bands' reputations have been improved by their members' post-breakup work?

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Working off Nick's comment regarding Sting and the Police. Don't some bands sound better in contrast to the shoddy solo work that follows a breakup? I'd say the Beatles as an entity, for instance, benefit by individual members' proving that they needed each other for balance.

― Keith Harris (kharris1128), Saturday, 15 November 2003 01:58 (twenty-two years ago)

The Replacements

― Matt Helgeson (Matt Helgeson), Saturday, 15 November 2003 02:02 (twenty-two years ago)

Hey, save it for the MPLS thread.

I'd disagree though--solo Westerberg makes me skeptical of how my Replacements fandom.

― Keith Harris (kharris1128), Saturday, 15 November 2003 02:04 (twenty-two years ago)

The Beatles' reputation in 1970 couldn't possibly have been improved anyway.

How about Milli Vanilli? I mean, The Real Milli Vanilli wasn't a that much of asuccess, was it? :-)

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Saturday, 15 November 2003 02:05 (twenty-two years ago)

Husker Du? (I kid, I kid)....Westerburg stuff always makes me appreciate Bob Stintson so much - that x-Factor classic rock by way of unintentional Television wierdness that he had.

― Matt Helgeson (Matt Helgeson), Saturday, 15 November 2003 02:06 (twenty-two years ago)

the Clash

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 15 November 2003 02:12 (twenty-two years ago)

The Mynah Birds

― Matt Helgeson (Matt Helgeson), Saturday, 15 November 2003 02:13 (twenty-two years ago)

The Million Dollar Quartet!

― Douglas (Douglas), Saturday, 15 November 2003 06:36 (twenty-two years ago)

The Jam.

― ailsa (ailsa), Saturday, 15 November 2003 11:32 (twenty-two years ago)

The Walker Brothers, Palais Schaumburg.

― nestmanso (nestmanso), Saturday, 15 November 2003 12:03 (twenty-two years ago)

What, Holger Hiller's solo work 'shoddy'? That's nonsense. The man knocked Palais Schaumburg into a cocked hat!

― Momus (Momus), Saturday, 15 November 2003 13:11 (twenty-two years ago)

Thanks for the strong opinion. Actually, I had The Orb in mind, and the only Hiller solo work I know well enough to argue about is "Ein Bündel Fäulnis in der Grube". Nice enough, arty enough, but very much of its time--"ha ha, the 'drums' are actually kitchen utilities! It's called 'sampling', imagine the possibilities!", and what little of the later stuff I've heard, mainly via radio around the time of the "As Is" album, failed to leave an impression. So I really don't know, tell me: What's so good about Hiller? Why? Is he still active? Why not? etc.

― nestmanso (nestmanso), Saturday, 15 November 2003 17:16 (twenty-two years ago)

The Replacements? No Way.
Husker Du? No Way.
The Clash? No Way.

― chuck, Monday, 17 November 2003 16:10 (twenty-two years ago)

Green River? Heatmiser? These bands are best known for including members who went on to do more famous things.

― o. nate (onate), Monday, 17 November 2003 16:19 (twenty-two years ago)

spice girls

― enrique (Enrique), Monday, 17 November 2003 16:22 (twenty-two years ago)

But Green River could've kicked Pearl Jam's (and, what, Mother Love Bone's or somebody's?) asses all over Seattle. So not them, either.

― chuck, Monday, 17 November 2003 16:27 (twenty-two years ago)

My own (definitive) nomination:

Operation Ivy.

Though I'm sure I'll think of others before the day's out.

― chuck, Monday, 17 November 2003 16:29 (twenty-two years ago)

the flatlanders

― cinniblount (James Blount), Monday, 17 November 2003 16:32 (twenty-two years ago)

CHUCK OTM! All Rancid ever does is make me miss Op Ivy!

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Monday, 17 November 2003 16:34 (twenty-two years ago)

Point of the thread as I set it up--not that it has to be that way, but just to clarify--is not that certain solo work is so good it takes you back to the original band, but that it's so BAD you have a new appreciation for the old.

― Keith Harris (kharris1128), Monday, 17 November 2003 16:39 (twenty-two years ago)

wedding present

― Bob Shaw (Bob Shaw), Monday, 17 November 2003 16:42 (twenty-two years ago)

in which case the Replacements and the Clash are TOTALLY OTM. but so is Op Ivy in the opposite direction. so maybe responses should indicate which way the reputations have improved

― M Matos (M Matos), Monday, 17 November 2003 16:43 (twenty-two years ago)

It seems there are many different interpretations of the original question in circulation on this thread. I was thinking it was more like: Which bands who maybe didn't do anything that great have had their reputations enhanced posthumously due to the work that former members have since done?

― o. nate (onate), Monday, 17 November 2003 16:49 (twenty-two years ago)

Okay, I just looked at the title at first, not keith's first post, which to me sort of contradicts the title, though I GUESS i see what he was trying to get at. Either way, I was totally WRONG WRONG WRONG. The Clash, the Replacements, and Husker Du all belong here, in a way; Operation Ivy, who were NOTHING compared to Rancid, clearly do not. But I guess I sort of, now, don't understand how this question is any different than the other ones. And I don't know that shitty solo work EVER makes me think higher of the bands those shitty soloists came from (except, you know, just in comparison to their shitty solo work), so maybe NOBODY belongs here. I dunno. I'm just confused now.

― chuck, Monday, 17 November 2003 16:52 (twenty-two years ago)

I kind of agree with Chuck. I don't think shitty post-breakup work would make me think more highly of a band. And isn't the other thread supposed to be the one about bands whose members went on to do shitty work? It might be more interesting to consider the flip-side of the coin.

― o. nate (onate), Monday, 17 November 2003 16:56 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm enjoying my Monday, too, Chuck.

― M Matos (M Matos), Monday, 17 November 2003 17:00 (twenty-two years ago)

Yeah, I don't know how well my original idea works or not--just tossing it out there for feedback. Obviously y'all can take it in any direction you want.

― Keith Harris (kharris1128), Monday, 17 November 2003 17:01 (twenty-two years ago)

Oh, now that Chuck clears it up, he's NOT OTM! All Rancid ever does is make me miss Operation Ivy!

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Monday, 17 November 2003 17:05 (twenty-two years ago)

That's not entirely true actually, cuz I like Rancid, but it's like the way an alcoholic likes drinking non-alcoholic brew because it reminds them of that sweet nectar of life without actually being said sweet nectar of life.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Monday, 17 November 2003 17:08 (twenty-two years ago)

Haha I have baffled you all!

― Keith Harris (kharris1128), Monday, 17 November 2003 17:10 (twenty-two years ago)

I still stand by the Jam then. And I thought of the Spice Girls last night but was too busy to post, so enrique very much OTM.

― ailsa (ailsa), Monday, 17 November 2003 18:26 (twenty-two years ago)

Gangstarr sounds much much better after listening to Guru's solo stuff (even though they sound just as good w/o ever hearing his stuff)

― JaXoN (JasonD), Monday, 17 November 2003 22:07 (twenty-two years ago)

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