Two of the most fearsome words in the entire rock ‘n’ roll lexicon: solo career. The genre is strewn with the wreckage of great and near-great bands that shattered into lesser side projects, seldom managing to summon the magic that attracted a mass audience in the first place.
There are some exceptions: Van Morrison was better off on his own than with Them, I prefer Clapton to Cream and maybe even Simon without Garfunkel. But, generally speaking, creatives tend to be better off collaborating and butting heads with stubborn equals rather than commanding pliant employees.
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