musicians with interesting alternative careers/musical afterlives (2 Viewers)

[Cornu Ammonis]

Loydd Grossman from Jet Bronx and the Forbidden went on to a successful TV career

Loyd Grossman - Wikipedia

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Wow, I’d have never have expected it from him. He was such a staple of boring middle class TV when I was a kid that the idea that he was ever in a punk band is melting my head.

 

[therealjohnny]

Feargal Sharkey is now an OBE and a big man in the music business

Feargal Sharkey - Wikipedia

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[therealjohnny]

Elastica's Justine Frischmann is now a painter

Justine Frischmann - Wikipedia

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[magicbastarder]

Feargal Sharkey is now an OBE and a big man in the music business

Feargal Sharkey - Wikipedia

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as mentioned in the wikipedia article, also a well known campaigner for clean water / anti-pollution.

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

Neil Young is part of the corporate board for Lionel model trains, and has a bunch of patents on model train stuff.

 

[ann post]

Meta thread

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

The minimalist composer Duane Pitre is (was?) also a professional skateboarder.

 

[Kermit McDermott]

Gary Glitter works in the prison service.

 

[GARYXKNIFEDX]

The minimalist composer Duane Pitre is (was?) also a professional skateboarder.

Punk singer Duane Peters is ( or rather was) also a professional skateboarder

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

Punk singer Duane Peters is ( or rather was) also a professional skateboarder

Must be a Duane thing.

 

[nuke terrorist]

Punk singer Duane Peters is ( or rather was) also a professional skateboarder

Didn't Steve Caballero gave up skating to do music?

 

[GARYXKNIFEDX]

Didn't Steve Caballero gave up skating to do music?

Maybe professionally. But I think he still skates

 

[GARYXKNIFEDX]

Tom Morello's ex-bandmate has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry

The guitarist studied at Harvard with Professor Carolyn Bertozzi and played in band, Bored of Education

www.loudersound.com

 

[Cormcolash]

Feargal Sharkey is now an OBE and a big man in the music business

Feargal Sharkey - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

Big man in the wifebeating business too I heard

 

[pavlos]

Isn't David Yow from The Jesus Lizard a photo retoucher now? Think he was a chef too, at some point.

 

[therealjohnny]

Former Skids singer

Richard Jobson (television presenter) - Wikipedia

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[therealjohnny]

Singer from Deacon Blue is a country music DJ

Ricky Ross (musician) - Wikipedia

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Singer from Catatonia is a documentary maker, presenter and DJ

Cerys Matthews - Wikipedia

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[nuke terrorist]

Maybe professionally. But I think he still skates

yeah. Immediately after I posted I checked and Caballero still does both (skating and music).

 

[nuke terrorist]

Didn't Steve Caballero gave up skating to do music?

Actually it was Tommy Guerrero I was thinking of

 

[GARYXKNIFEDX]

Colin Sears from Day Nasty, Alloy etc is a city planner