When good Indie/punk/emo artists go bad

[five_eyes]

I didn't even realize it was a trend, but more and more I'm finding out that excellent Indie/Punk/emo artists from the 80's/90's are starting solo careers and putting out mediocre-to-awful folk/lite-rock albums. Case in point:

Peter Searcy:

Then: The lead singer of Squirrel Bait, the seminal and critically acclaimed Kentucky post-hardcore band.

Now: Makes wimpy pop-rock I would feel lame showing to my grandmother

Danny Pound:

Then: Singer/guitarist in early-90's emo band Vitreous Humor, who's catchy yet fierce lyrics attracted the attention, in the form of a cover, of Nada Surf.

Now: Folk singer who's wimpy tunes make Conor Oberst sound like The Locust.

Chris Simpson:

Then: Changed the face of indie music with the raw melodic poser of his band, Mineral.

Now: To be honest, his current project, Zookeeper, isn't that bad. But the pseudo-alterna-folk is a far cry from his past glory (no pun intended).


Maybe its not quite the epidemic I thought it was. Or maybe it is. Does anyone else know of any indie/punk/emo artists quitting an excellent band to embark on a supremely shitty solo project?

[x togepi x]

one of the dudes in hot cross had an acoustic side project that sucked.

[Neo Cassady]

To the contrary, artists like Dustin Kensrue and Greg Graffin have embarked on supremely good solo projects. Then again, they didn't quit their bands to do so...

[bluepoles]

Nick Carter

[Yes. And?]

Nick Carter
Good answer.

[Fuckmaxbemis]

Why are we not revamping this topic?

This is great. Let's see, that dude from Grade, forget his name, played Bass for Avril Levigne. And then, why have we omitted Rye Coalition?! Rye Coalition is complete shit.

and Jimmy Eat World? The prime example of this. Though not technically emo they had splits with some great indie bands back in the day.

And if we want to get really technical: Compare Ten Boy Summer to The Promise Ring. Davey Von Bohlen definitely developed more estrogen in between.

[ctexasranger]

sonny moore

[Fuckmaxbemis]

Sonny Moore has no place in this topic.

[ctexasranger]

he was much better before he started a solo career.

[Fuckmaxbemis]

I disagree.

[funkel]

But he wasn't good in the first place.
Fouler shit is still shit.

[ctexasranger]

haha true

[Nevuk]

Palatka is the only emo band I know of to have had a really good non-emo project. (At least from post-revolution summer bands)

[thesafeword]

sonny moore
Sonny Moore isn't indie, punk, or emo.

[LendMeYourBrain]

I completely agree about the original post. Especially Danny Pound. oh and the dude from Plunger

[Fuckmaxbemis]

I completely agree about the original post. Especially Danny Pound. oh and the dude from Plunger

Deadwood Divine? Deadwood divine rules.

[LendMeYourBrain]

yeah thats what I was talking about. I'm not a fan. same with Still Life

[Fuckmaxbemis]

What did Still Life move into? I know their later albums were acoustic bullcrap but that's sort of justified since they got their gear stolen.