# Best "Spin Off" Band **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 4, 2010, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-spin-off-band/538321 "2010-05-04T19:55:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2010, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-spin-off-band/538321/41 "2010-05-04T23:38:48Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > 1. New Order (spinoff of Joy Division) Electronic - a spinoff of Joy Division and The Smiths. Once again, not sure if “side project” is better, but at least half its history is while New Order were on hiatus, and all of it is post-Smiths. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2010, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-spin-off-band/538321/42 "2010-05-04T23:42:25Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Electronic - a spinoff of Joy Division and The Smiths. Once again, not sure if “side project” is better, but at least half its history is while New Order were on hiatus, and all of it is post-Smiths. **Bad Lieutenant** is a new band which is basically New Order w/o their bass player who left to do his own thing. They’re more of an acoustic-rock sound than New Order was. They’ve had quite a bit of radio play here in Chicago (though their tours keep getting canceled for one reason or another…visa problems first, then volcano problems). I’ll go ahead and add another I thought of on the way home: **Love & Rockets** was formed with three former members of **Bauhaus**. ---
**Author:** ![TheChileanBlob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thechileanblob/32/435_2.png) [@TheChileanBlob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheChileanBlob)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-spin-off-band/538321/43 "2010-05-05T03:10:37Z")
The Firm was a spinoff of Led Zeppelin (Jimmy Page), Bad Company (Paul Rodgers), and Uriah Heep and Manfred Mann’s Earth Band (Chris Slade). ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-spin-off-band/538321/44 "2010-05-05T03:22:12Z")
> [@TheChileanBlob](#): > > The Firm was a spinoff of Led Zeppelin (Jimmy Page), Bad Company (Paul Rodgers), and Uriah Heep and Manfred Mann’s Earth Band (Chris Slade). I’m assuming that’s not The Firm that released [Star Trekkin’](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCARADb9asE)… ---
**Author:** ![infinitii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e8c25b/32.png) [@infinitii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/infinitii)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-spin-off-band/538321/45 "2010-05-05T03:32:59Z")
Bow Wow Wow was a spin-off of Adam & the Ants. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-spin-off-band/538321/46 "2010-05-05T04:36:59Z")
**The Band** was spun off from **Ronnie Hawkins and the Hawks**. Or, if you like, from Bob Dylan’s electric touring band. I don’t think you could say that **The Raconteurs** spun off from the White Stripes, although it does consist of half of the band… However, **The Dead Weather** is spun off from The Raconteurs. The **Eagles** spun off from Linda Ronstadt’s touring band, and then later formed a second incarnation with members from Poco and Joe Walsh. ---
**Author:** ![kidneyfailure](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9f8e36/32.png) [@kidneyfailure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidneyfailure)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-spin-off-band/538321/47 "2010-05-05T04:39:27Z")
I doubt that most on here would have ever heard of them, but **Youth of Today** spawned quite a few “spin-off” bands: [http://bandtoband.com/index.php?Page=Search&BandId=33](http://bandtoband.com/index.php?Page=Search&BandId=33) That “local cluster” looks like it was drawn with a Spirograph and and that “family tree” is just…like…wow. ---
**Author:** ![Critical1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@Critical1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Critical1)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-spin-off-band/538321/48 "2010-05-05T06:18:03Z")
all these mentions of Soundgarden and none for Audioslave? formed from the Soundgarden leadsinger and the members of Rages against the Machine less the singer. and I am drawing a blank on who from Soundgarden was in Mother Love Bone? ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-spin-off-band/538321/49 "2010-05-05T06:32:07Z")
**Crowded House** - spun off of _Split Enz_ **Semisonic** - spun off of _Trip Shakespeare_ And (obscure, but a personal favorite) **The Swirling Eddies** - spun off of _Daniel Amos_ ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-spin-off-band/538321/50 "2010-05-05T07:02:47Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > 1. Arcadia (also a spinoff from Duran Duran) I came in here to vote for this. ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-spin-off-band/538321/51 "2010-05-05T07:06:08Z")
New Riders of the Purple Sage originated as a spinoff of The Grateful Dead. They never topped any charts and the Dead guys left pretty quickly, but they kill in concert. Virtually every band Eric Clapton has been in could qualify: Cream, Derek and the Dominoes, Louisiana Gator Boys, Yardbirds, et al. could be seen as spinoffs of John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers. The Band is essentially a spinoff from The Hawks… The Max Weinberg Seven is composed of former E Street Band, Southside Johnny and Miami Horns. ---
**Author:** ![Darryl\_Lict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-spin-off-band/538321/52 "2010-05-05T07:47:58Z")
_The Mescaleros_ from _The Clash._ Joe Strummer, RIP. ---
**Author:** ![Rrose\_Selavy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bcef8e/32.png) [@Rrose\_Selavy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rrose_Selavy)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-spin-off-band/538321/53 "2010-05-05T11:00:38Z")
Perhaps lesser known by some an early punk band called Big In Japan whose members then went on to become: Frankie Goes to Hollywood Souxsie & The Banshees The KLF The Lightning Seeds The Teardrop Explodes ---
**Author:** ![Meurglys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/258eb7/32.png) [@Meurglys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meurglys)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-spin-off-band/538321/54 "2010-05-05T11:38:14Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > **Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young** - from **The Byrds** , **Buffalo Springfield** , and **The Hollies**. > > While possibly technically a supergroup, CSNY’s longevity as a group on their own far surpasses that of the “donating” groups. _The Hollies_ never officially broke up and are still touring, for what it’s worth. _The Knitters_ spun off from _X_; _Humble Pie_ and _The Faces_ from _The Small Faces_… ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-spin-off-band/538321/55 "2010-05-05T13:33:29Z")
> [@Critical1](#): > > all these mentions of Soundgarden and none for Audioslave? formed from the Soundgarden leadsinger and the members of Rages against the Machine less the singer. > > and I am drawing a blank on who from Soundgarden was in Mother Love Bone? :smack: You’re right… I think I was thinking of Temple of the Dog when I posted that. Another one: \*\*Cracker \*\*was a “spin off” of **Camper Van Beethoven** ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-spin-off-band/538321/56 "2010-05-05T13:36:12Z")
The biggest commercial success has to be ABBA: Benny & Bjorn were members of the successful Swedish bands The Hep Cats and The Hootenanny Singers. And Agnetha & Frida had pre-ABBA sucessful solo carerrs. ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-spin-off-band/538321/57 "2010-05-05T13:54:23Z")
**Erasure** and **Yaz(oo)** from **Depeche Mode**. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-spin-off-band/538321/58 "2010-05-05T14:03:49Z")
> [@Duke](#): > > **Erasure** and **Yaz(oo)** from **Depeche Mode**. And the link for both of them is the same person, Vince Clark (with Andrew Bell in Erasure and with Alison Moyet (who is really looking [fabulous](http://cdn.view.co.uk/upload/whatson/img_alisonmoyet_squ.jpg) lately) in Yaz(oo)). ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-spin-off-band/538321/59 "2010-05-05T14:12:03Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Electronic - a spinoff of Joy Division and The Smiths. Once again, not sure if “side project” is better, but at least half its history is while New Order were on hiatus, and all of it is post-Smiths. Not quite “spin-offs” but if you follow Johnny Marr, he played with **The The** as well as **Modest Mouse** … ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-spin-off-band/538321/60 "2010-05-05T16:02:31Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > I’m assuming that’s not The Firm that released [Star Trekkin’](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCARADb9asE)… You would be correct in that assumption, though the thought of Jimmy Page and Paul Rodgers doing a Star Trek spoof is humorous. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-spin-off-band/538321.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-spin-off-band/538321.md?page=4)