Where are they now?
Among the landslide of obscure musicians' names mentioned in this long but interesting forum post titled "rock stars who went back to work," I learned that:
- Justine Frischmann of Elastica has been a teacher.
- The bassist for Jesus Jones was a bartender in Chicago.
- Steve Morse (Dixie Dregs, Deep Purple, etc.) worked as an airline pilot for a while, before joining Kansas.
- Topper Headon (The Clash) has been a taxi driver (and possibly a herion addict).
- Rick Buckler (The Jam) now makes a living restoring and selling old furniture.
- The B52's Kate Pearson has a motel.
- Moe Berg (anyone other than me remember The Pursuit of Happiness?) has a regular DJ gig at a small pub called The Tap.
- Greg Norton from Husker Du runs a restaurant outside of Minneapolis.
- David Lee Roth now works as an emergency medical technician in New York.
- Philip Kramer of Iron Butterfly went on to become a rocket scientist before he disappeared (apparently killed in an auto accident).
And last but not least:
- "the drummer from metal church works at the ace hardware store in olympia, washington (i know this because i worked there too, and on his application, he wrote under previous job 'drummer for metal church')."
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Here's one more for the monocle crowd:
Douglas Schemske is a pretty influential plant ecologist and evolutionary biologist at the University of Washington. He was the drummer for REO Speedwagon but quit before they made it big.
9/21/2005 01:48:00 PM
According to long-lost journalist Boxall, Rocky Ericson of the 13th Floor Elevators works in a Texas bookstore.
For a good look at fame gone away check out "The Work of Director Spike Jonze" and watch the extra "What's up Fatlip."
9/21/2005 03:34:00 PM
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