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Lithos

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8. Hmmmm

Sun Aug 31, 2014, 01:27 AM

Aug 2014

George Michael - Wham! to Solo
Lionel Ritchie - Commodores to Solo
Michael Jackson - Jackson 5 to Solo
Ozzy Osborne - Black Sabbath to Solo
Dave Mason - Traffic to Solo (and a few other bands)

And a controversial one

George Harrison - The Beatles to Solo

And from band to band

Eric Clapton - seemed to get better with each new band
Flo & Eddie - The Turtles to Frank Zappa
Joe Walsh - James Gang to the Eagles
Graham Nash - The Hollies to CSNY
Neil Young & Stephen Stills - Buffalo Springfield to CSNY (I could use Buffalo Springfield for Jim Messina and Richie Furray as well)
Crosby - The Byrds to CSNY
Stevie Winwood - Spencer Davis Group to Traffic to Solo (getting better)
Rick Derringer - The McCoys (Hang on Sloopy) to The Edgar Winter Group (Played on Frankenstein)
Jimmy Page/Robert Plant (The Yardbirds) to Led Zeppelin
Paul Rodgers - Free -> Bad Company

Could go on

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Musicians who left a FAMOUS band for a BETTER band... [View all] Miles Archer Aug 2014 OP

Jimmy Page went from the Yardbirds to Led Zepplin NightWatcher Aug 2014 #1

Yep, it counts Miles Archer Aug 2014 #2

Ringo from whatever to the Beatles? Lochloosa Aug 2014 #3

Rory Storm and the Hurricanes. Manifestor_of_Light Aug 2014 #4

Warlocks to the Grateful Dead. The whole band. Lochloosa Aug 2014 #5

Jimi leaving the Isley Brothers and then Little Richard's band to form The Jimi Hendrix Experience progressoid Aug 2014 #6

The dude from Suicidal to Metallica, but that's up for debate. RiffRandell Aug 2014 #7

Nice step for him (Rob Trujillo) OriginalGeek Aug 2014 #10

I'm sure you saw Some Kind of Monster. RiffRandell Aug 2014 #16

Hmmmm Lithos Aug 2014 #8

I like Ozzy and all OriginalGeek Aug 2014 #12

Speaking of Black Sabbath Initech Aug 2014 #20

"End of the Beginning" is right up there with the pre-Dio Ozzy hits Miles Archer Aug 2014 #31

Yes I love that album. The tour was great also. Initech Aug 2014 #32

Excellent list, Lithos! calimary Aug 2014 #24

Bernie Leadon from the not so famous Flying Burrito Brothers to Eagles. Hoyt Aug 2014 #28

Janis Joplin murielm99 Aug 2014 #9

Clapton: Yardbirds - Blues Breakers - Cream - Blind Faith Joe Shlabotnik Aug 2014 #11

Dereck and the dominoes RedstDem Aug 2014 #15

Hmmmm....well I can list a bunch of band switchers, but I don't know about a quality improvement. Coventina Aug 2014 #13

Zak Starkey RedstDem Aug 2014 #14

Ronnie Wood Zorro Aug 2014 #17

Damon Albarn leaving Blur (great) to form Gorillaz (even better.) Codeine Aug 2014 #18

I love Gorillaz but I didn't care for their last album "The Fall". Initech Aug 2014 #34

The Queensryche split Initech Aug 2014 #19

Cher Kaleva Aug 2014 #21

Gackt from Malice Mizer to being solo (I believe) sakabatou Aug 2014 #22

Those who eventually assembled Crosby Stills Nash and Young. calimary Aug 2014 #23

Just thinking of them, particularly Crosby. Hoyt Aug 2014 #29

I bought most of my albums at that time in Palo Alto... Miles Archer Aug 2014 #33

Mick Taylor from Bluesbreakers to Rolling Stones Tom Ripley Aug 2014 #25

Fred Smith from Blondie to Television Tom Ripley Aug 2014 #26

Fernando Saunders from Jan Hammer Group to Lou Reed Tom Ripley Aug 2014 #27

Jonathon Cain from The Babys to Journey wyldwolf Aug 2014 #30