Re: single named musicians

[Sroundtable@xxxxxxx]

In a message dated 8/26/2002 6:16:42 AM Central Daylight Time, 
TheWho-Digest-Owner@igtc.com writes:


> If Pete had a name like Scratch, he would have broken away years ago.
> If Roger could had changed his name to Punch, his solo career would have
> gone through the roof.
> If Jimmy Page had been Gizmo, he would have had a great solo career.
> Robert Plant could have been Zoso.
> 
> It really has nothing to do with the profound impact that they had on 
> music.
> It is all about marketing, branding, ego and name identification.
> 
> Jeff
> 

I agree to a point.  But how do you explain the solo success of Don Henley, 
Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins, and Eric Clapton?  Could it be that the music 
created by Plant, Page, Daltrey, Townshend, McCartney, Lennon, and Jagger 
solo was either not as good, or wasn't mainstream enough to gain widespread 
popularity?  Hell, even George Michael's solo crap was popular and he escaped 
Wham (and REALLY escaped them when he visited the rest area).  Sting was the 
face and voice of the Police, and regardless of the talent and skill of the 
others, it would naturally be much easier for him to shed the shackles of the 
band.

mc