work stars who went back to rock

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Fred Flintstone

― Iron Maggot, Friday, 30 September 2005 17:32 (twenty years ago)

I guess Patti Smith took time off to parent? work? something..then came back.

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Friday, 30 September 2005 17:46 (twenty years ago)

My boss. He was all country for a while, but now he's really "digging it" when it comes to the White Stripes and Jet.

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Friday, 30 September 2005 17:46 (twenty years ago)

does it have to be a successful return to rock? i mean the zombies came back, though they shouldn't have. i dont know what the hell they were doing otherwise, but i'm sure they made decent livings promoting charitable causes or something.

― ryannyc (ryannyc), Friday, 30 September 2005 18:33 (twenty years ago)

Spinal Tap

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Saturday, 1 October 2005 02:43 (twenty years ago)

Are there any rock stars that first succeeded in another field?

― Hurting (Hurting), Saturday, 1 October 2005 03:38 (twenty years ago)

Models maybe.

― blunt (blunt), Sunday, 2 October 2005 03:12 (twenty years ago)

Loretta Lynne quit for a while to take care of her husband, who died. but she came back and made "Van Lear Rose" (if that's how the story goes).

― Voodoo Child, Sunday, 2 October 2005 03:15 (twenty years ago)

The Stones reported that Muddy Waters was a pretty good roof painter at Chess Studios, in the early 60s before he made a comeback.

I gather there are a lot of rocker (red?) house painters, though I don't know how many of them are "stars" at it.

― sal mineo, Sunday, 2 October 2005 03:31 (twenty years ago)

Yeh, I read that thing about Muddy in the Keith Richards biography. He would even help the bands put their gear in the studio

― Voodoo Child, Sunday, 2 October 2005 03:34 (twenty years ago)

Sterling Morrison seemed to be a successful English Lit prof/tugboat captain before reforming with the VU in the 90's.

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Sunday, 2 October 2005 04:01 (twenty years ago)

Dexter Holland went back to Cornell to finish his Ph.D. between Offspring albums. Ph.D. in molecular biology from Cornell = a successful work career in my book.

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Sunday, 2 October 2005 04:03 (twenty years ago)

Wasn't Leonard Cohen already a known writer before he started making records?

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Sunday, 2 October 2005 10:08 (twenty years ago)

Certainly.

Did Tom Lehrer's academic career in mathematics precede his musical career or run in parallel? (not that he 'rocked' - he supposedly hates r'n'r).

Ha, still further removed from rock: Charles Ives ran a highly successful insurance business and generally composed after hours...

― Nag! Nag! Nag! (Nag! Nag! Nag!), Sunday, 2 October 2005 12:36 (twenty years ago)

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