The Birthday Party went on to spawn the careers of Nick Cave of Bad Seeds fame, Mick Harvey of Bad Seeds, Crime & The City Solution and several film soundtracks, and Rowland S. Howard, quite successful with early C&TCS, These Immortal Souls, as a solo artist and in collaboration with Lydia Lunch.
Well, if you want to argue for “units sold” or whatever, that could be a completely differnet thread. But critically, Calvin Johnson’s solo albums have done well and been lauded, and he just played two sold-out nights in Chicago a few months ago. That’s my definition of success.
The Geraldine Fibbers gave us Carla Bozulich and Nels Cline; not to mention Scarnella.
The Throwing Muses split into Tanya Donnelly and Kristen Hirsch.
–and Moe Tucker, whose I Spent a Week There the Other Night is a favorite.
Vinegar Joe were respected but not hugely successful in the early 70s, but the two singers went on to bigger things - Robert Palmer and Elkie Brooks…
I think that the charts are manipulated by record companies.
And the definition of ‘success’ is rather vague.
Should we concentrate just on groups (and then solo members) who reached number 1?
That would be a bad idea. It would mean, for example, that Creedence Clearwater Revival wasn’t a successful group, as they never had a #1 single. Ditto Pink Floyd. But we do need an operating definition of “successful” to narrow this down, if we care to. “Units sold” works, but there are artists none of us have ever heard of who move massive numbers of albums (see previous post about the members of Tangerine Dream.)
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I’d add NWA. Nobody in the group was famous, but ultimately the band spawned Eazy-E, Dr. Dre, and Ice Cube. DJ Yella and MC Ren… well, I know they tried to do some stuff, but it never blew up. Dre and Cube, though, definitely because bona fide solo stars.
The Jackson 5 gave us Michael and Jermaine.
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Also, with NWA, it spawned Nate Dogg and Warren G. Warren G was Dre’s cousin.
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The Jackson 5 also brought Tito, LaToya, and Janet into our charmed lives.
Janet was a member of the Jackson 5? :eek: :dubious:
No, but she was on Good Times and then Fame.
She may have been with the family as part of a larger act on their short lived variety show. IMDB has her not as a cast member, but a guest on unknown episodes.
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The** Mousketeers ** of the 1990’s:
Christina Aguilara
Britney Spears
Justin Timberlake
Keri Russell
The Mousketeers of the 1950’s:
Annette Funicello
Darlene Gillepsie
add to the 90’s: Joshua Scott Chasez
He has only sold 160,000 albums as a solo artist. Does he really count?
I know I had to look him up as never having heard the name before.
Well the Jackson 5 also performed as the Jacksons with the sisters in the act so that probably qualifies.
I’m not sure if it counts but Price launced a lot of careers, Morris Day and the Time, Sheila E, Vanity and producer duo Jimy Jam and Terry Lewis probably also owe him their career.
Don’t forget Jorma Kaukonen, Papa John Creach & Skip Spence - all of whom had solo discs. Craig Chaquico from Jefferson Starship has released several very successful modern jazz discs.
From the Grateful Dead: Jerry Garcia, Bobby Weir, Phil Lesh & Mickey Hart all have had sideline solo gigs.
In more recent times, both Natalie Merchant & John Lombardo (alongside Mary Ramsey) made solo discs after leaving 10,000 Maniacs.
Yes, but neither Nate Dogg or Warren G. were part of the band. If we’re going to link people to bands by guest spots or relations we’re sort of missing the point of the OP. We’d have to add Michel’le to the list as well, if we’re using that metric.
While it’s true that the Jackson 5 did a Vegas show with Randy, Rebbie, LaToya, and Janet, I don’t think they would count as a group. They certainly never recorded anything in this configuration. It was more of a revue, which actually had a brief life as a TV show in 1976 or 1977.
The particular acts you mention under Prince are a stretch as well. They are certainly proteges, but were not part of Prince’s band initially. The Time featured Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis as members and were another Minneapolis-based R&B band. Prince’s bands did produce some minor stars, if you count Andre Cymone (who played with Prince as a solo artist), and Wendy Melvoin and Lisa Coleman (Wendy and Lisa), and Dez Dickerson. They’re all much more famous for their session work and production than their solo work, though Wendy and Lisa had a minor hit with “Waterfall” in the 80s, I think.
Both Ry Cooder and John French played with early incarnations of Captian Beefheart’s Magic Band.
King Crimson:Robert Fripp
Adrian Belew
Tony Levin
Bill Bruford