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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.

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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will certainly have another entry in her résumé now that she has wed President Sarkozy (my first posting was actually outdated).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

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