SOLO CAREERS AFTER BEING IN A HUGE BAND

Quite honestly, I'm not exactly sure where I want to go with this topic, so keep an open mind for me. I was listening to the radio this morning and a Robert Plant solo song came on. It made me start thinking about folks that moved on from a huge band into the world of solo albums, specifically the aforementioned Robert Plant and his former bandmate Jimmy Page.

They have both had the same amount of time to produce solo material since the breakup of Led Zeppelin, but Plant's actual solo albums far outnumber Page's. I wonder why? It's not like Page has been a total hermit. He's done quite a few collaborations and various other stuff, but only one true solo album.

Jimmy Page: Outrider

Robert Plant: Pictures At Eleven, The Principle Of Moments, Shaken 'n' Stirred, Now And Zen, Manic Nirvana, Fate Of Nations, Dreamland, Mighty ReArranger, Band Of Joy

Any thoughts on why this may be the case? Is it because it's easier for a vocalist to make solo albums than a guitarist? I'm just curious what you guys think regarding this.

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Permalink Reply by Jon on August 20, 2013 at 12:05pm

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Permalink Reply by Niels (Mod) on August 20, 2013 at 12:22pm

Obviously, RJhog is not the only insanely crazy person around here, since there are now two votes for Mr. Starkey.

The best album is definitely "All Things Must Past", a triple-album of Harrison's gems from the late Beatles-years among other stuff. Then I would vote in "Imagine" on second place. The song "Imagine" is the only "solo-track" that can compete among Beatles-songs as the best "Beatles-song" ever.