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Once the fame has gone, what do performers do when they leave the music industry?
The 20 most recent entries are listed below. There are 32 New Career entries on the site.
Name & Band | New Career | Comments & Submittor Name | ||
| Smashing Pumpkins, D'arcy Wretzky | Store owner | owns three antiques shops - Ra'akone | ||
| Jefferson Airplane/Starship, Grace Slick | Visual Artist | Was always into drawing and painting, and decided to focus on it once she left the rock world. Likes drawing and painting animals. Sees it as an extension of the same "artistic temperament" that helped her as a musician. - Ra'akone | ||
| Rolling Stones, Charlie Watts | Just received docotrate in Physics. | Although still playing with the Rolling Stones, drummer Charlie Watts just finished receiving his doctorate in Physics. - Wade Brock | ||
| Gentrys, Jimmy Hart | Pro Wrestling Manager | The Gentrys were best known for their 1965 hit "Keep On Dancin'". Hart, known as "The Mouth of the South", would be known for managing such pro wrestling stars as Hulk Hogan, Bret "The Hitman" Hart, and Greg "The Hammer" Valentine. - Todd W. Zimmerman | ||
| Carla Bruni, Carla Bruni | First Lady of France | While she has not actually retired from the music business (in fact, she is currently making a new album), she will certainly have another entry in her résumé now that she has wed President Sarkozy (my first posting was actually outdated). - Raphael | ||
| George Murphy, George Murphy | U.S. Senator | Once a song-and-dance man in 1930s and 1940s movie musicals, he vied for one of California's seats in the U.S. Senate in 1964 and won. This surprising career shift was satirized by Tom Lehrer. Mr. Murphy left office after only one term and has since passed away. - Raphael | ||
| Blood, Sweat, And Tears, Bobby Colomby | Entertainment reporter | After the drummer helped in founding Blood, Sweat, and tears, he was a music reporter for "Entertainment Tonight" for a few months. He was also a successful producer before that. - MOR | ||
| Sammy Kershaw, Sammy Kershaw | Politician | Lorrie Morgan's spouse tried his hand at a run for lieutenant governor in Louisiana. He lost to the incumbent, Mitch Landrieu. - Martha Hankins | ||
| Orleans, John Hall | U. S. Congressman | Hall is a founding member of the band. He was elected to Congress in November 2006, but still plays some selected dates with his bandmates. Orleans is known for its hit "Still the One." - Martha Hankins | ||
| Sonny and Cher, Sonny Bono | Mayor of Palm Springs, California | This was his foray into politics before running for U. S. Congress. - Martha Hankins | ||
| Sonny and Cher, Sonny Bono | U. S. Congressman | Served in the U. S. House of Representatives until his untimely death in a skiing accident. - Martha Hankins | ||
| Bobby Sherman, Bobby Sherman | Reserve police officer and paramedic | Bobby has been working as an emergency medical technician in the Los Angeles area for many years. An anecdote about his current career is that one woman named her daughter Bobbie after him, not because of his teen-idol days but because Sherman delivered her on the side of a California freeway. - Martha Hankins | ||
| Midnight Oil, Peter Garrett | Politician | Peter Garrett was nominated of the Minister of Environment of Australia in November 2007. - Susanna Viljanen | ||
| Freefallers, David "Ollie" Oliver | TV Presenter | After leaving Point Break (his first band), Ollie broke into TV presenting, appearing on the UK Disney Channel. Then he left and formed Freefallers - once the fame of this new band dispersed, he carried on presenting children television shows... - Cait Sith | ||
| Faith No More, Jim Martin | Farmer | Dude grows giant pumpkins. - Bass Dork | ||
| Avant Garde, Chuck Woolery | Game show host | Avant Garde had one single in the late 1960's, "Naturally Stoned," and Chuck sang lead on it. He later went on to be a game show host on such shows as "Wheel of Fortune," "Love Connection" and "Lingo." GSN even had a reality show based on Chuck's life called "Naturally Stoned," after the Avant Garde song. - crazydon | ||
| System Of A Down, Serj Tankian | Solo Album "Elect the Dead" | System of a down is on a short break due to them wanting to do their own little project. SOAD will be back together in a few years is what they said. But Serj's solo album kicks ass. - Nardulli | ||
| Marilyn Manson, Madonna Wayne Gacy | Mad Scientist | he left the band, went back to Florida, sued for breach of contract, and that's all I know - tictacs941 | ||
| Salt N Pepa, Sandra Denton (Pepa) | Acting and Reality TV | Though rumors persist that they are considering making another go at it, especially with the pending VH1 series. - Below Average Dave (badave.com) | ||
| Queen, John Deacon | Engineer | John Deacon has made a career as an electric engineer and acoustic designer besides his career in Queen. - Susanna Viljanen |
New entries in this section are currently reviewed by Below Average Dave. Previous editors (if any) are listed on the editors page.
The Top Ten Contributors To This Section
| Martha Hankins | 5 |
| Susanna Viljanen | 3 |
| Agrimorfee | 3 |
| Cheeseburger in Parodies | 2 |
| oldtimer | 2 |
| Ra'akone | 2 |
| Raphael | 2 |
| MOR | 1 |
| Bass Dork | 1 |
| crazydon | 1 |
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