Moonlighting in another band is pretty common in the world of music. Usually it's so the said artist can write, record and release music in a different genre from what they normally do, sometimes it's a collaboration with other artists ('supergroup') or just something done for fun.
Here are some of the side projects of bands/artists I can think of:
Green Day:
Pinhead Gunpowder (Billie Joe Armstrong only)
The Network
Foxboro Hot Tubs
Arctic Monkeys:
The Last Shadow Puppets (Alex Turner only)
Black Keys:
Blakroc
Drummer (Patrick Carney)
Blink 182:
Boxcar Racer (Tom DeLonge and Travis Barker)
The Transplants (Travis Barker)
Pearl Jam:
Brad (Stone Gossard)
Temple Of The Dog (Stone Gossard, Jeff Ament, Mike McCready and Eddie Vedder)
Three Fish (Jeff Ament)
Mad Season (Mike McCready)
The Shins:
Broken Bells (James Mercer)
The Bronx:
Mariachi El Bronx
Bullet Treatment (Matt Caughthran)
The Drips (Matt Caughthran and Joby J. Ford)
Deftones:
Team Sleep (Chino Moreno)
Crosses (Chino Moreno)
White Stripes:
Dead Weather (Jack White)
The Racontours (Jack White)
Queens Of The Stone Age:
Eagles Of Death Metal (Josh Homme)
Them Crooked Vultures (Josh Homme)
Foo Fighters:
Them Crooked Vultures (Dave Grohl)
The Coattail Riders (Taylor Hawkins)
Me First and the Gimme Gimmes (Chris Shiflett)
Probot (Dave Grohl)
My Morning Jacket:
Monsters Of Folk (Jim James)
NoFX:
Me First and the Gimme Gimmes (Fat Mike)
Smashing Pumpkins:
Starchildren (Billy Corgan)
Jimmy Chamberlin Complex (Jimmy Chamberlin)
Golden Smog has been active since 1989, and has consisted of the following members:
Kraig Johnson (Run Westy Run)
Dan Murphy (Soul Asylum)
Gary Louris (Jayhawks)
Marc Perlman (Jayhawks)
Chris Mars (The Replacements)
Noah Levy (Honeydogs)
Jeff Tweedy (Wilco)
Jody Stephens (Big Star)
They've released four studio albums and an EP of covers.
Golden Smog has been active since 1989, and has consisted of the following members:
Kraig Johnson (Run Westy Run)
Dan Murphy (Soul Asylum)
Gary Louris (Jayhawks)
Marc Perlman (Jayhawks)
Chris Mars (The Replacements)
Noah Levy (Honeydogs)
Jeff Tweedy (Wilco)
Jody Stephens (Big Star)
They've released four studio albums and an EP of covers.
Golden Smog has been active since 1989, and has consisted of the following members:
Kraig Johnson (Run Westy Run)
Dan Murphy (Soul Asylum)
Gary Louris (Jayhawks)
Marc Perlman (Jayhawks)
Chris Mars (The Replacements)
Noah Levy (Honeydogs)
Jeff Tweedy (Wilco)
Jody Stephens (Big Star)
They've released four studio albums and an EP of covers.
Interesting, what album would you advise?
The ones with Tweedy are the most interesting...Weird Tales is good, and Down By The Old Mainstream.
Here's a live version of "Radio King" from Mainstream. Features Tweedy and Louris.
You want to hear a really, really UNEXPECTED side project (in the edges of musical experimentation)?
Check out Apparajik.
The band is a supergroup that consists of bassist Guy Berryman (Coldplay), guitarist/keyboardist Magne Furuholmen (A-ha), singer/guitarist Jonas Bjerre (Mew) and producer Martin Terefe.
I guarantee it is something that will catch you off guard
You want to hear a really, really UNEXPECTED side project (in the edges of musical experimentation)?
Check out Apparajik.
The band is a supergroup that consists of bassist Guy Berryman (Coldplay), guitarist/keyboardist Magne Furuholmen (A-ha), singer/guitarist Jonas Bjerre (Mew) and producer Martin Terefe.
I guarantee it is something that will catch you off guard
I don't know about it being in the edges of musical experimentation. To me it sounds a lot like Mew, just with a bit different production and some more "dancable beats", as the kids say today.
Keep exploring
(more tracks than the ones I posted)
Your opinion is very much respected,
but I think Mew were "rockier" while this one is much more digital
I wouldn't say "dance", I would say "electronic"
Blur and Gorillaz' leader Damon Albarn also had an album by a band with no name called The Good, The Bad & The Queen that's more than worth checking out if you're a fan of Albarn. Danger Mouse produced the record too.
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