Going solo

It's always interesting to me to see what happens when a great band breaks up and members attempt to go solo. You really see who the talents are. For example, Sebastian Bach sucked as a solo artist, because Skid Row depended on the bass player for his songwriting skills. Thus, "Slave to the Grind."

Then again, why do obviously talented individual members always make bad solo albums? Mick Jagger and Keith Richards always made crap solo work. (Of course, the Rolling Stones make crap albums now too).

Dee Dee Ramone wrote all the best Ramones songs, yet his solo work is almost as embarrassing as Bob Mould's techno albums. (And do I even need to mention Chris Cornell's latest shitbrick with Timbaland?)

Of Genesis, the only good solo artists was Peter Gabriel. Of Guns 'N Roses, Izzy Stradlin.

My case study today is Bauhaus. Love them, but Peter Murphy's solo work is terrible. The rest of the band formed Love and Rockets after the breakup, and they were so-so. But I recently discovered Daniel Ash's solo album, and this single. While it's not life changing, I kind of dig it. (His other solo stuff isn't so great, though. Sounds kind of like Love and Rockets, but not quite as fun.)