Bands where a member leaves, and BOTH that member and the band become more successful as a result

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it's a good song

normal fucking rockman (voodoo chili), Thursday, 5 September 2019 16:19 (five years ago) link

Did we mention Massive Attack and Tricky?

Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Thursday, 5 September 2019 16:24 (five years ago) link

A rare situation where two members of a band leave and both the original band, now a solo act, and the new one do better:

Black Dog / Plaid

octobeard, Friday, 6 September 2019 08:12 (five years ago) link

Okkervil River and Shearwater are an interesting case. Shearwater was originally an Okkervil River side project for songs which didn't fit on their albums, and for which writing credits were more or less split between Will Sheff and Jonathan Meiburg. I think Meiburg became dissatisfied with this arrangement so he left OR and after that SW became more or less a Meiburg solo project. Since then Shearwater have become much more successful than they were before the split, although it's a moot point whether OR have also become more successful.

van dyke parks generator (anagram), Friday, 6 September 2019 09:13 (five years ago) link


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