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Originally Posted by Trollheart
Uh, why would it be odd? If an artist goes solo, the chances are that they want to spread their wings and tackle music/styles/themes/directions their parent band couldn't, or that they couldn't in their parent band. Not a whole lot of point in leaving to go solo and then churning out the same music you did in the band, is there?
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Tell that to Rob Thomas
I'm into mainstream artists, so I can't comment on the examples given. Let me compare Gabriel and Sting. They both left and started exploring different styles of music. Sting's lyrical style, however, didn't change much. Gabriel seems to have made an extreme change, from what little I know. I could also use Robert Plant as an example. I stick to my suspicion that Peter Gabriel didn't contribute as much to Genesis lyrics as is popularly thought.