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Where are they now?
To celebrate the recent victory by glamorous ex-Fall melodicist Brix Smith (AKA Brix Smith-Start) over the unappealing Gok Wan in that prog of his, I wondered if Word-ists might like to list some exciting ex-muso/ pop star trivia.
Keeping on the Fall theme, Steve Evets (who was in the band for about 30 seconds - insert 'hasn't everyone gag here) is in that Ken Loach film about Eric Cantona.
But who have made the most amazing post pop careers for themselves?
Of course there is the D*Ream bloke at Cern. Skunk Baxter off of Steely Dan and the Doobies is a name that often comes up in these conversations, too, because of his transition from hippy guitarist to freelance military defence consultant. Can any others compete?
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Richard Coles - ex Communard
Is now a C of E vicar - see him on last weeks Have I Got News for You for proof
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00l1qcy/Have_I_Got_a_Bit_More_News_for_Yo...
Sonny Bono
from bowl haired hippy to US Senator.
From fighting The Man to being part of The Man.
And then...
...skiing into a tree. Not good. (Or very rock 'n' roll.)
Sonny Bono is here
And the beat goes on...
Just not the heartbeat, obviously. Not six feet under.
Sneaky Pete Kleinow
He's since passed on, but I found it fascinating that the Flying Burrito Brothers pedal steel man had a second life as a visual effects artist in film. When obituaries noted his work on The Empire Strikes Back, it occurred to me that I likely encountered his latter-day work first.
In the other direction...
... 40's/50's Hollywood star Hedy Lamarr was originally a scientist and co-inventor of communications technologies that have eventually led to wi-fi...
Oh yes, Julian Cope of course - his books on ancient Britain & Europe are very well respected.
Rock the house
Pete Wishart ex-keyboards in Runrig is an MP. Erstwhile singer Donnie Munro wanted to be.
In Oz the big bald fella who couldn't sing is a bigwig in the government.
The Ugly Rumours singer came to nought, sadly.
Screaming Lord Sutch?
I'm afraid the screaming lord
passed on a couple of years ago.
Group Captain Peter Townsend
ace fighter pilot, lover of Princess Margaret before going on to become windmilling guitarist and boiler suit wearer in popular beat combo The High Numbers.
Not sure what happened after that.
Also the bassist of Ugly Rumours was a bad lot apparently
Skunk Baxter
of Steely Dan and The Doobie Brothers now chairs a Congressional Advisory Board on missle defence for our good friends at the U.S. Government.
"Okay, Chairman Skunk will bring this committee to order... Dude."
Den Hegarty of the Darts
Lives with his family in Devon and works at Exeter College and the OU lecturing mainly in psychology - still sings with an acapella band called Slackapella...
(Rita Ray is a DJ, does club nights, appears on radio, and also DJs with the Shrine and their Afrocentric beats...)
James Williamson
Sorry to vulgarly bump my own thread, but I just read that the Stooges guitarist was Vice President of Technology Standards at Sony.