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 60 New Career entries on the site.
Name & Band | New Career | Comments & Submittor Name | ||
| The Four Preps, Glen Larson | Motion picture and television writer and producer | Glen Larson used his involvement with the Four Preps to gain access to motion pictures and television, in which he became a highly successful writer and producer. "Battlestar 'Galactica'" (the original version, not that wretched re-imagining that was shown more recently) and "Knight Rider" are two of his best-known works. - Parker Gabriel | ||
| The Kinleys, Jennifer Kinley | Veteranarian | The Kinleys were twins who were best known for their single "Please" in the late 1990's. - harderman61 | ||
| The Kinleys, Heather Kinley | Physician | The Kinleys were twins who were best known for their single "Please" in the late 1990's. - harderman61 | ||
| Shaun Cassidy, Shaun Cassidy | TV writer/producer | After his brief musical stardom faded, Shaun turned to stage acting, and has been writing and producing TV shows since the late 1990s. - Steven G. | ||
| Queensryche, Chris DeGarmo | Charter Pilot | This guy wrote the band's biggest hit, "Silent Lucidity". In 1997, he quit the band. He performed music on a much smaller scale shortly thereafter and became a charter pilot later. - carly_carlz | ||
| Ramones, Richie Ramone | Golf Caddy | He drummed in the first punk rock band for about 4 years. - I Saw the Ramones Live 4X! | ||
| Van Halen, David Lee Roth | Paramedic | He saved a lady's life on the job. He's now the singer for Van Halen again. - U Ain't Gonna Believe This | ||
| Paul Revere & the Raiders, Phil "Fang" Volk | Salesman | In 2008, I was introduced to Phil Volk, who was working as a Sound Reinforcement salesman at Sam Ash Music in Las Vegas. With Paul Revere, he had been the bass guitarist. - Jay Barry | ||
| Aerosmith, Steven Tyler | American Idol judge | - STEVE | ||
| Gerardo, Gerardo | He's an executive with a record company. | - Tim Kramar | ||
| Green Day, John Kiffmeyer/Al Sobrante | Coaching Baseball | He left just 2 years they shot to the top of the charts. Smart move... NOT - Josh | ||
| R.E.M., Bill Barry | Farmer | According to wikipedia, he became a farmer after quitting R.E.M. after 17 years. - JeReMy | ||
| The Capris, Nick Santo | Retired policeman | - Barry Disbrow | ||
| Marky Mark & The Funky Bunch, Mark Wahlberg | Actor | A pretty decent one to boot. - Roy Al Payne | ||
| The Johner Brothers, Ken Johner | Farmer | Ken and Brad were a country music duo from Saskatchewan but Ken quit and became a farmer. Brad still records music today. - Travis | ||
| Fall Out Boy, Mike Pareskuwicz | Cashier at Home Depot | Actually, this was in 2003, when he first quit the band. - Ethanator | ||
| The Four Preps, Ed Cobb | record producer | He produced songs for the Standells , the Lettermen, and Fleetwood Mac among many others. He also wrote "Dirty Water" for the Standells. He unfortunately died in 1999 of leukemia. - Barry Disbrow | ||
| Power Quest, Adam Bickers | Doctor | - DJ Blaze | ||
| Avenged Sevenfold, M. Shadows | He isn't a hitman, nova. He still works full-time with Avenged Sevenfold. | He still works full-time with Avenged Sevenfold unlike what nova said. - Travis | ||
| The Chantels, Arlene Smith | Teacher | She still performs her hit records in oldies concerts. - Barry Disbrow |
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