[Music] People who have lead/formed 3 proper big bands or more

[WATFORD zero]

Starters Roy Wood - Move, Electric Light Orchestra, Wizard

Vince Clark - Depeche Mode, Yazoo, Erasure

I must admit, I'm struggling for 3 proper commercially successful bands

 

[The Rattler]

Paul McCartney - The Beatles, Wings, The Frog Chorus

 

[zefarelly]

Plenty of two's . . . and people in bands, then solo.

session playing doesn't count . . .

edit . . . . I meant Paul Rogers?

 

[Machiavelli]

Bernard Sumner -- Joy Division, New Order and Electronic

 

[Charlie Livesey]

Terry Hall, Specials, Fun Boy Three, Colourfield.

 

[Machiavelli]

Nick Cave -- Birthday Party, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Grinderman

 

[WildWood]

Eric Clapton - Bluesbreakers, The Yardbirds, Cream, Derek & The Dominos, Blind Faith

 

[Skuller]

Stevie Winwood:
Spencer Davis Group
Traffic
Blind Faith.

But it depends what you mean by “lead/formed”.

 

[zefarelly]

Bernard Sumner -- Joy Division, New Order and Electronic

1 / 3.

 

[zefarelly]

Stevie Winwood:
Spencer Davis Group
Traffic
Blind Faith.

But it depends what you mean by “lead/formed”.

I only just spotted that . . . 'Founding member' there aren't many who started . . .Weller, Jam/TSC/Solo/a few odd projects which weren't much Scale wise . .

 

[WildWood]

Ronnie Wood?

The Stones, The Faces, Jeff Beck Group

Edit - He didn't form or front any of them!!??!

 

[studio150]

Plenty of two's . . . and people in bands, then solo.

session playing doesn't count . . .

edit . . . . I meant Paul Rogers?

Paul Rogers or Paul Rodgers?

If Paul Rodgers - Free, Bad Company, The Firm as well as solo

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Damon Albarn had Blur, Gorillaz and The Good, The Bad, the Queen although the last one were not anywhere near as big as the other two.

 

[zefarelly]

Lead in a group is an interesting one . . . . Not always or often the singer/front man. The who being a good example.

Weller lead the Jam, without doubt . . . . Mike Barson probably lead Madness?

Ian Dury was Ian Dury . . . . The BLockheads are all leaders. . . . .

Supergroups like Cream are an oddity . . . JAck Bruce leader, Clapton the rising star. Baker . . . Unmanageable loose cannon?!

 

[JamesAndTheGiantHead]

Maynard James Keenan - Tool, A Perfect Circle, Pucsifer. Diminishing returns arguably and never ‘mainstream’ but have always had a following.

He was involved with Green Jelly before that but not a founding member.

 

[BBassic]

If we're allowed to dip our toes into the heavier side of things Max Cavalera has four:

Sepultura
Soulfly
Cavalera Conspiracy
Killer Be Killed

 

[drew]

Ritchie Blackmore

Deep Purple
Rainbow
Blackmore's Night

To be honest, I've never heard of Blackmore's Night but assumed he had more than the first two. Bearing in mind the amount of changes to the line ups of Deep Purple and more so Rainbow they should both count as multiple bands!!

 

[Scappa]

Josh Homme - QOTSA, Kyuss, Them Crooked Vultures, Mondo Generator, Desert Sessions, Eagles Of Death Metal

Scott 'Wino' Weinrich - The Obsessed, St Vitus, Spirit Caravan, Shrinebuilder

Justin Broadrick - Godflesh, Jesu, Zonal, Napalm Death, Greymachine

Aaron Turner - ISIS, Sumac, Old Man Gloom, Greymachine

Steven Brodsky - Cave In, Old Man Gloom, Converge

Maynard James Keenan - Tool, A Perfect Circle, Puscifer

 

[Weststander]

Solo career spells have crept in above, on that basis Stephen Stills.

Buffalo Springfield
Crosby, Stills, Nash (and Young)
Stephen Stills … including a no.3 US album

 

[Scappa]

Mike Patton - Faith No More, Tomahawk, Fantomas, Mr Bungle