Side Projects

[Vorral]

Side projects. Every band has 'em, even if the rest of the band didn't know it at the time. Here are a couple of my favorites, in case you fine folk would like to add yours...

Stormtroopers of Destruction or S.O.D. (most of Anthrax)
Infectious Grooves (Mike Muir and Robert Trujillo of Suicidal Tendencies)
Pailhead, 1,000 **** DJs, Pigface, Buck Satan and the Bare-Bottomed Boys (Al Jourgenson of Ministry)
Pigface (Martin Atkins of Killing Joke)
Tones on Tail (Talking Heads without David Byrne)
Guns 'n Roses (Axl Rose of Guns 'n Roses)

Feel free to throw yours in. I'm always up for new bands, even if they're only new to me.

[a21schizoidman]

Sea Level - (Allman Brothers Band)

[bluepotato44]

Nailbomb-- (Sepultura)
Murderdolls/Stone Sour-- (Slipnot)
HellYeah-- mudvanye( Chad and Vinnie Paul)

[Jhail83]

Everything Mike Patton does =)

[Vorral]

Everything Mike Patton does =)
This would be the correct answer, sir.

[Vorral]

Sea Level - (Allman Brothers Band)
When did this come about? Just so I have a frame of reference when I'm looking for it.

[Vorral]

Nailbomb-- (Sepultura)
Murderdolls/Stone Sour-- (Slipnot)
HellYeah-- mudvanye( Chad and Vinnie Paul)
Murderdolls is my guilty pleasures band. I'm very partial to "Twist My Sister" and "197666".

[a21schizoidman]

When did this come about? Just so I have a frame of reference when I'm looking for it.

1978-1981 mix of jazz, rock, and blues

[Vorral]

1978-1981 mix of jazz, rock, and blues
Thank you, sir. It has been added to my list of "Get this already."

[zDisturbedOnez]

Superjoint Ritual - Phil Anselmo, Pantera
Damage Plan - Dimebag and Vinnie, Pantera
Pinhead Gunpowder - Billie Joe Armstrong, Green Day
Another Animal - Godsmack minus Sully
The Prizefighter Inferno - Claudio Sanchez, Coheed

[zDisturbedOnez]

Echobrain - Jason Newstead, Metallica

how could anyone forget that one? :p

[Vorral]

Superjoint Ritual - Phil Anselmo, Pantera
Damage Plan - Dimebag and Vinnie, Pantera
Pinhead Gunpowder - Billie Joe Armstrong, Green Day
Another Animal - Godsmack minus Sully
The Prizefighter Inferno - Claudio Sanchez, Coheed
Have you listened to anything by Down, Anselmo's side with Pepper Keenan from Corrosion of Conformity?

[zDisturbedOnez]

Have you listened to anything by Down, Anselmo's side with Pepper Keenan from Corrosion of Conformity?

Yes, sadly I missed out on seeing Down headline the second stage at Ozzfest years back cause some guy elbowed me in the nose and caused a pretty bad nose bleed that I needed to get taken care of. Forgot about down.

[Vorral]

Echobrain - Jason Newstead, Metallica

how could anyone forget that one? :p
I chose to exclude Newstead's contributions as he has a tendency to meld seamlessly into whatever band he's in. Not saying he's bad in the least bit, as it takes quite a bit of talent to change your methodology to meld into a pre-existing group.

But then again, I should go bang my face against bricks for forgetting about Echobrain...:)

[Shredder87]

Have you listened to anything by Down, Anselmo's side with Pepper Keenan from Corrosion of Conformity?
Yeah I was going to say that. Good thing he has. Such good stuff.

Down-Phil Anselmo, Rex Brown(Pantera) Pepper Keenan(COC) Kirk Weinstein(Crowbar)Jimmy Bower(Eyehategod)

Would BLS count?
I can't think of any more

[zDisturbedOnez]

Yeah I was going to say that. Good thing he has. Such good stuff.

Down-Phil Anselmo, Rex Brown(Pantera) Pepper Keenan(COC) Kirk Weinstein(Crowbar)Jimmy Bower(Eyehategod)

Would BLS count?
I can't think of any more

Talk about a brainfart on my part after all BLS is my avatar!!! Yeah I would say so.

[Runesmith]

Love & Rockets: Bauhaus without Peter Murphy, their lead singer. Psychedelic rock at it's finest.
Tom Tom Club: How could anyone forget about them? :D Tina Weymouth's and Chris Frantz' (of Talking Heads fame) New Wave-y R&B group. Fun Fact: Adrian Belew of King Crimson played guitar on their first album.
Puscifer: With all the Tool fans around here, I'm surprised they haven't been mentioned yet.
Gorillaz: An example of a side project that is far more famous than it's original group, at least in the US. Started by Damon Albarn from Blur.

[Vorral]

Love & Rockets: Bauhaus without Peter Murphy, their lead singer. Psychedelic rock at it's finest.
Tom Tom Club: How could anyone forget about them? :D Tina Weymouth's and Chris Frantz' (of Talking Heads fame) New Wave-y R&B group. Fun Fact: Adrian Belew of King Crimson played guitar on their first album.
Puscifer: With all the Tool fans around here, I'm surprised they haven't been mentioned yet.
Gorillaz: An example of a side project that is far more famous than it's original group, at least in the US. Started by Damon Albarn from Blur.
D'oh!

Now, if you're going to get into all the goth/new wave stuff, we could start a whole new thread on bands that became other bands after band members died or got kicked out. :)

And I mistyped in my original post. You are correct, Tom Tom Club is who I was thinking of when I said Talking Heads without David Byrne.

Tones on Tail is a side project of Love & Rockets.

[Parodygm]

Speaking of David Byrne, his collaboration with Brian Eno on My Life in the Bush of Ghosts is absolutely essential.

[codemonkey27]

The Raconteurs (Jack White of The White Stripes, Jack Lawrence & Patrick Keeler of The Greenhornes)
Brave Saint Saturn (Reese Roper of Five Iron Frenzy)

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[harper83087]

Nailbomb-- (Sepultura)
Murderdolls/Stone Sour-- (Slipnot)
HellYeah-- mudvanye( Chad and Vinnie Paul)

sorry but it annoys me when people say stone sour is a side project of slipknot...they're not, Corey and James started Stone Sour in 1992 and slipknot didnt form until mid-late 90s so "technically" slipknot is a side project of stone sour (not meant in a demeaning manner just statin what happened).

I cannot believe nobody has mentioned A perfect Circle, Maynard of Tool's DAMN good side project

[fighting69th]

Me First and the Gimme Gimmes (members of NOFX, Lag Wagon, Foo Fighters, Swingin' Utters)

Filthy Thieving Bastards (Swingin' Utters members)

[gusano311]

filter from nin
tackhead, jungle funk, yohimbe brothers,black jack johnson, and vice from living colour.
sslashes snake pit from guns and rose
talkshow from stp

[Jhail83]

Liquid Tension Experiment - Mike Portnoy, John Petrucci, and Jordan Rudess from Dream Theater, with Tony Levin on Bass.

[harper83087]

Liquid Tension Experiment - Mike Portnoy, John Petrucci, and Jordan Rudess from Dream Theater, with Tony Levin on Bass.

AWESOME BAND!!!! I enjoy Dream Theatre music very much but imo they could use a new vocalist thats why i love LTE :D

[mlothar16]

Army of Anyone was awesome (Rich Patrick of Filter and The DeLeo brothers of STP)

And Velvet Revolver
And Audioslave

[Rockbandfan23467]

Audioslave (Rage Against The Machine with Chris from Soundgarden replacing Zack.)
Velvet Revolver (The Real Guns 'N' Roses with Scott from STP replacing Axl.)

[Shredder87]

Audioslave (Rage Against The Machine with Chris from Soundgarden replacing Zack.)
Velvet Revolver (The Real Guns 'N' Roses with Scott from STP replacing Axl.)
Wouldn't really be The Real GNR without Izzy Stradlin. Plus I don't think VR and Audioslave count since they all were out of a band.

[fighting69th]

Wouldn't really be The Real GNR without Izzy Stradlin. Plus I don't think VR and Audioslave count since they all were out of a band.

Speaking of underrated guitarists.

[Stew]

I'm a big fan of A Perfect Circle. Both albums were solid, the cover album....not so much.

[King_Nuthin]

The "real" G'n'R to me was the Axl/Izzy songwriting partnership, somehow Slash scooped up all the credit. I think its evident in the fact that when Axl and Izzy dissolved NOBODY in the band working in any combo with each other ever got close to the level those two did together.

In any event VR and Audioslave are most definitely NOT side projects. Nor are quite a few other bands listed. When the old band breaks up, the new one is the main project, not a side project. And while I'm being an a-hole and correcting everyone, SOD was the Stormtroopers of Death.

Personal faves:
The Knitters (X/Blasters)
Mr. Bungle (Mike Patton)
Me First and the Gimme Gimmes (better than any of their real bands)
Supersuckers Country Albums/Eddie Spaghetti solo (Supersuckers)
Horrorpops (Kim Nekroman/Nekromantix)

Special mention:
Punk Rock Karaoke (Eric Melvin, Steve Soto, Gret Hetson, Derek O'Brien... and you!)

[Shredder87]

Well since you're being such a douch and correcting everybody, I'll correct you. hahahaha
As someone pointed out, some people get more famous than their original bands.
Mr.Bungle is another example. Mike started than band before he joined FNM. In fact, that was his first band.

[King_Nuthin]

True, but I would still classify Mr. Bungle as a side project while Mike was active in FNM because FNM was his "main" band... well at least it was perceived that way. We'd probably have to ask him.

[a21schizoidman]

Damn Yankees
The Firm
Honeydrippers

[OldFogey]

The Dead had a number of side projects. Grateful Dawg -- Jerry Garcia and David Grisman. Weir's Ratdog. Mickey Hart's Planet Drum. Phil Lesh and Friends. Garcia had a number of others, for example, he played slide for a while in New Riders of the Purple Sage, and released at least one album with organist Howard Wales.

[a21schizoidman]

The Dead had a number of side projects. Grateful Dawg -- Jerry Garcia and David Grisman. Weir's Ratdog. Mickey Hart's Planet Drum. Phil Lesh and Friends. Garcia had a number of others, for example, he played slide for a while in New Riders of the Purple Sage, and released at least one album with organist Howard Wales.

damn, u beat me too it, i had just remembered NROTPS

[Runesmith]

D'oh!

Now, if you're going to get into all the goth/new wave stuff, we could start a whole new thread on bands that became other bands after band members died or got kicked out. :)

And I mistyped in my original post. You are correct, Tom Tom Club is who I was thinking of when I said Talking Heads without David Byrne.

Tones on Tail is a side project of Love & Rockets.

Ah! I just noticed that on the original post, too. I totally forgot about Tones on Tail. Shameful...

That's true. Goth/new wave/post-punk bands were notorious for side projects and constantly changing line-ups. We can always continue the topic right on this thread, though! Some of the side projects I could remember are:

The Breeders: Surf rock group formed by Kim Deal of The Pixies.
Christian Death: Not really sure if they qualify, but they've had enough line-up changes to be considered a side-project (in relation to their original line-up) in my mind. I actually think they have two currently existing incarnations, due to legal disputes and whatnot.
The Creatures: Formed by Siouxsie Sioux and Budgie of The Banshees.
Power Station: Formed by Robert Palmer, the Taylor brothers from Duran Duran, and the drummer from Chic.
Porno for Pyros: Perry Farrell's alt-rock group, after Jane's Addiction broke up.
Public Image LTD: Formed by John Lydon/Johnny of the Sex Pistols. They're (well, let's face it - John Lydon /is/ PiL) line-up situation is similar to Christian Death's.
Yaz: Vince Clarke, Depeche Mode's first lyricist/keyboardist, formed Yaz with Alison Moyet after he left DM.

Those were the only ones I could come up with off the top of my head, but I'm sure there are plenty more.

[King_Nuthin]

Power Station: Formed by Robert Palmer, the Taylor brothers from Duran Duran, and the drummer from Chic.
I loved these guys too. They were actually originally supposed to have a revolving door of singers, but Robert Palmer just kind of stuck... of course he didn't stick around for a tour and they brought Michael DesBarres along instead, and lost a rather large chunk of their fans in the process (Boy was my babysitter p*ssed). It did basically launch Palmer into the stratosphere as a solo act though, and spelled the end as we knew it for Duran Duran. I'm almost embarrassed to admit I was a DD fan at the time, and I'm pretty sure the Taylors (Andy and John) were not related, nor were either related to Roger Taylor, the band's drummer.

[Runesmith]

I loved these guys too. They were actually originally supposed to have a revolving door of singers, but Robert Palmer just kind of stuck... of course he didn't stick around for a tour and they brought Michael DesBarres along instead, and lost a rather large chunk of their fans in the process (Boy was my babysitter p*ssed). It did basically launch Palmer into the stratosphere as a solo act though, and spelled the end as we knew it for Duran Duran. I'm almost embarrassed to admit I was a DD fan at the time, and I'm pretty sure the Taylors (Andy and John) were not related, nor were either related to Roger Taylor, the band's drummer.

You learn something new every day. I always thought they were brothers. And I never knew about the revolving door of singers idea, either. :)

I always thought Power Station, Robert Palmer, and Duran Duran were underrated, and there is absolutely nothing inherently wrong with liking them. Pop just doesn't get much better, and all three knew how to rock out when the time came for it. Glad to see a fellow Power Station fan on here, though!

[a21schizoidman]

Asia

Traveling Wilburys

Journey (Neal Schon's side project)

Blind Faith (Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker, and Steve Winwood)

Plastic Ono Band

The Dirty Mac

Matching Mole

National Health

UK

801

GTR

Bozzio Levens Stevens

Beck, Bogert, and Appice

Demons & Wizards

Humble Pie

Oysterhead

Bad English

[Rockbandfan23467]

^Most of those are Supergroups, not side projects.

[OldFogey]

You learn something new every day. I always thought they were brothers. And I never knew about the revolving door of singers idea, either. :)

I always thought Power Station, Robert Palmer, and Duran Duran were underrated, and there is absolutely nothing inherently wrong with liking them. Pop just doesn't get much better, and all three knew how to rock out when the time came for it. Glad to see a fellow Power Station fan on here, though!

Well I'm a long time Robert Palmer fan, and I thought Duran Duran was pretty good, so I'm a Station fan by default. But it's still hard to beat early Palmer for me (before he became a hit with "Bimbo Rock").

[AxlVanHagar]

I really liked The Neurotic Outsiders. It consisted of

Steve Jones of The Sex Pistols
Duff McKagan and Matt Sorum of Guns n' Roses
John Taylor of Duran Duran

Very cool little punk rock/alternative rock album they put out. Did a fantastic cover of Janie Jones by The Clash. Caught them live once and they were great! As well as playing their stuff they did some Sex Pistols, Gn'R and Duran Duran tunes.

Jerk
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[BedBeats]

I really liked The Neurotic Outsiders. It consisted of

Steve Jones of The Sex Pistols
Duff McKagan and Matt Sorum of Guns n' Roses
John Taylor of Duran Duran

Very cool little punk rock/alternative rock album they put out. Did a fantastic cover of Janie Jones by The Clash. Caught them live once and they were great! As well as playing their stuff they did some Sex Pistols, Gn'R and Duran Duran tunes.

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Ooooo....i totally forgot about them!!

They were actually pretty good.

And great call on Power Station.....33 1/2 is one smoking funk-rock album.

[bluepotato44]

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Mad Season was a great side project band!!

[OldFogey]

Does Temple of the Dog count as a side project? It's a little weird because it's basically Chris Cornell + Pearl Jam, but before Eddie officially joined PJ or they officially became PJ. And it was kind of a one shot deal.

Hard to decide whether Govt. Mule or Allmans is the side project for Warren Haynes, but it seems like one of them is. Could Allmans be a side project? It probably would be for both Warren and Derek Trucks.

[bluepotato44]

i remember Temple of the Dog and even Mother Lovebone. i think is pretty cool knowing all the bands before the grunge label hit PJ.

[Shredder87]

Does Temple of the Dog count as a side project? It's a little weird because it's basically Chris Cornell + Pearl Jam, but before Eddie officially joined PJ or they officially became PJ. And it was kind of a one shot deal.

Hard to decide whether Govt. Mule or Allmans is the side project for Warren Haynes, but it seems like one of them is. Could Allmans be a side project? It probably would be for both Warren and Derek Trucks.
Ahhhh Temple Of The Dog!!!! I would say it counts as a side band.

[a21schizoidman]

Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow

3 (Carl Palmer and Keith Emerson's side project)

Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe

[Vorral]

Ah! I just noticed that on the original post, too. I totally forgot about Tones on Tail. Shameful...

That's true. Goth/new wave/post-punk bands were notorious for side projects and constantly changing line-ups. We can always continue the topic right on this thread, though! Some of the side projects I could remember are:

The Breeders: Surf rock group formed by Kim Deal of The Pixies.
Christian Death: Not really sure if they qualify, but they've had enough line-up changes to be considered a side-project (in relation to their original line-up) in my mind. I actually think they have two currently existing incarnations, due to legal disputes and whatnot.
The Creatures: Formed by Siouxsie Sioux and Budgie of The Banshees.
Power Station: Formed by Robert Palmer, the Taylor brothers from Duran Duran, and the drummer from Chic.
Porno for Pyros: Perry Farrell's alt-rock group, after Jane's Addiction broke up.
Public Image LTD: Formed by John Lydon/Johnny of the Sex Pistols. They're (well, let's face it - John Lydon /is/ PiL) line-up situation is similar to Christian Death's.
Yaz: Vince Clarke, Depeche Mode's first lyricist/keyboardist, formed Yaz with Alison Moyet after he left DM.

Those were the only ones I could come up with off the top of my head, but I'm sure there are plenty more.
We both forgot one seminal industrial group:

The Revolting Cocks (Al & Paul from Ministry)

In the alternative/new-wave era of the early 90s, we would be remiss in not mentioning Belly, with Tanya Donnelly from Throwing Muses. There are others, to be sure, but I was digging through the CD stash and noticed that one.

[King_Nuthin]

Didn't Tanya Donnelly leave Throwing Muses before Belly was formed?

[Vorral]

Didn't Tanya Donnelly leave Throwing Muses before Belly was formed?
It was always my understanding that Belly formed when Hatfield and Donnelly were fighting, but Muses hadn't disbanded yet. I could be completely wrong, and I will be willing to admit being wrong if I'm...well, wrong. But that was how I'd read it.

Oh, and here's a few more side-projects:

Zao (Billy Corgan from Smashing Pumpkins)
Auf der Mar (Melissa Auf der Mar from Hole, Smashing Pumpkins, whatever other incestuous bands that were out at the time)

Ooo, new thread topic. I'm off.

[a21schizoidman]

Whitesnake

[OldFogey]

Here's a strange one --

The Dukes of Stratosphear is a side project of XTC composed of all and only members of XTC!
Here's what is says in the Wikipedia article:

The project was intended as a homage to 1960s pop and psychedelic music by groups such as the Beatles, The Byrds, The Kinks, The Beach Boys, Jefferson Airplane, Pink Floyd and the Pretty Things.

[zDisturbedOnez]

Sixx Am - Nikki Sixx Motley Crue

Might get flamed about timing over this one and the health of Mick Mars, BUT the Crue should be releasing a new album this year and rumors of a big summer tour are circling the net. Plus Sixx AM is supposed to be opening for the Crue.