Thread: What is your favorite solo artist from a group?

Quote: Originally Posted by blondebear I just interviewed Pete via email a couple of weeks ago for a fan message board. He had some interesting things to say about his creative process, his favorite curse word, and other topics. Link?

Quote: Originally Posted by JohnnyMac Link? The message board (TheShout.net) requires registration, but I copied the interview on my so-called blog: http://theshoutinggrasshopper.blogsp...8_archive.html Note: the basis of these questions were ideas from the members, with a "no questions about The Who!" restriction. Thus a couple of them will seem extremely geeky to anyone unfamiliar with some of the mundane aspects of...

Quote: Originally Posted by Neatness Counts I thought Bruce Dickinson's solo material was really, really good. Some records being better than anything Iron Maiden has done since Seventh Son , with The Chemical Wedding being the second best Heavy Metal album of the 90's IMO. Judas Priest's Painkiller is the best one of the 90's, obviously. And speaking of Priest, Halford's first solo album, Resurrection is...

Quote: Originally Posted by MPB in Salt Lake If you do decide to give the Jerry Garcia Band a listen, make sure to get one of their many live concert recordings, not a studio album. The JGB, like the Grateful Dead, was all about live performance, and the studio stuff is not nearly as engaging as his live shows were............. Run for the roses is a good song by JGB. Live, of course.

Quote: Originally Posted by MPB in Salt Lake As much as I love Van Morrison's music, he has always pretty much been a solo artist, playing with many different backing musicians (in a seemingly ever-changing rotation) throughout his 40+ year career. He was with the group Them for a year or two very early on, but he soon left (after writing the hit "Gloria") to strike out on his own and has never been in a...

Peter Gabriel, Neal Morse, Fish. In no particular order.

Andrew Bird.

Does Paul Simon count? If he does, he's up there with Peter Gabriel. (Though my wife would undoubtedly vote for Sting.)

Bunny Wailer

George Harrison, Pete Townshend, Jeff Lynne.