Don't disband, go it alone

[KiwiCoromandel]

In the space of a month, three singers from stellar bands are releasing solo albums. The Eraser, by Radiohead's Thom Yorke, came out two weeks ago and is being followed by the British release next week of The Great Western, from Manic Street Preachers' James Dean Bradfield, and My Secret is My Silence, by Idlewild's Roddy Woomble.

Just to clarify, none of these singers is going solo. All of their bands are still operational, which raises the question: why would a singer in a band need to make a solo album?

We can better understand the motivations of the overlooked sideman who does so in a bid to get more attention. But why would the person who stands in the spotlight, who is already the focus of most of the attention that comes the band's way, need to make an album under his own name?

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