Worst "going solo" decisions in rock history?

[Si modo]

OK, question. Genesis. Are you Team Peter or Team Phil?

For solo, I like Peter fine. With Genesis, I like them both.

 

[elvis]

John Lennon and Paul McCartney.

 

[elvis]

honorable mention: Ace Frehley and Peter Criss. (and Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley for continuing without them).

 

[Shogun]

Chris Barnes.

 

[AllieBaba]

Joe Perry. Worthless without Tyler.

 

[eots]

who?

my vote ....the jump guy....o hell....o hell ....david lee roth....van halen....(i think)

doesn't count they fired him

 

[AllieBaba]

He was my first choice, too. But I just couldn't stomach it.

They haven't been the same without him, either, so I think that sort of neutralizes the fact that they fired him. It was lose/lose. Though the band came out ahead.

 

[Shogun]

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[Paulie]

Which rock frontmen do you think screwed the pooch the most when they decided to shitcan the band and go solo? And I don't necessarily mean commercially.

Ozzy

 

[Jon]

Chris Cornell

 

[Harry Dresden]

isnt that kinda of an old band? deep purple....i mean that is a trip in the way back machine

Bones Deep Purple was not that far before the Butthole Surfers.....Burn last LP before Blackmore left was 74....Surfers were formed in 81.....

 

[Oddball]

Peter Cetera.

Should've quit while he was ahead as the front man of one of the '70s best bands, instead of going around singing wimpy-assed pubescent little girl tunes.

 

[Harry Dresden]

Rob Halford leaving Judas Priest....

the James Gang trying to go it without Joe Walsh...

the Dead without Jerry Garcia...

the Spencer Davis Group without Steve Winwood....

 

[Oddball]

Rossington Collins Band.

 

[Harry Dresden]

Peter Cetera.

Should've quit while he was ahead as the front man of one of the '70s best bands, instead of going around singing wimpy-assed pubescent little girl tunes.

like the one with Cher?....

 

[Modbert]

It's technically not going solo. But Axl Rose being the only remaining original member of GnR was one of the worst downfalls in Rock.

 

[Oddball]

Peter Cetera.

Should've quit while he was ahead as the front man of one of the '70s best bands, instead of going around singing wimpy-assed pubescent little girl tunes.

like the one with Cher?....

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[Modbert]

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