Bands that were formed from other bands with one or two members branching out to form other successful bands.
Hot Tuna from Jefferson Starship comes to mind.
Starship from Jefferson Starship can be argued by some as one, even though it's a direct continuation of the the original Starship.
Van Hagar from Van Roth is considered two bands by many WH fans.
Atlanta Rhythm Section from Classics IV
Journey from Santana.
The Second Wave of Jefferson Airplane formed by Paul Kantner after departing Jefferson Starship recruiting many of the original talent like Marty Balin to join him.
What others formed from such other great names?
Velvet Revolver comes to mind.
You had Slash and Duff McKagan from Guns N' Roses along with Scott Weiland from Stone Temple Pilots.
I feel like one of the most obvious ones would be Foo Fighters with Dave Grohl from Nirvana.
A couple others:
Porno for Pyros with members from Jane's Addiction
A Perfect Circle with Maynard (from Tool) and the drummer from Primus
Temple of the Dog with a merging of Soundgarden and Pearl Jam
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RTZ (best known for the single "Until Your Love Comes Back Around") featured Brad Delp and Barry Goudreau of Boston.
An earlier related, but less successful, band called Orion the Hunter featured the two of them along with Fran Cosmo, who joined Boston in the 1990s and sang lead vocals on the Walk On album when Delp temporarily left the band.
Another one I just thought of for those of you that like rap/hip-hop:
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Banks & Steelz consists of RZA from Wu-Tang Clan and Paul Banks from Interpol. So good in concert.
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Creed and Alter Bridge. When Scott Stapp left Creed, the remaining three members joined up with former Mayfield Four singer Myles Kennedy to form Alter Bridge. And even though 3 of the 4 members are the same, Alter Bridge is far superior to Creed IMO due to Myles's songwriting, guitar playing, and better vocal range. Kennedy and guitarist Mark Tremonti also have their own solo bands/projects which are great as well.
Led Zeppelin, Renaissance, and Box of Frogs from the Yardbirds.
Bad Company from Free.
Fleetwood Mac from John Mayall's Bluesbreakers.
The Flying Burrito Brothers from the Byrds.
The Rolling Stones from Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated.
The Beatles from the Quarrymen.
The Faces from the Small Faces.
Flo & Eddie from the Turtles
The classic lineup of Yes minus Chris Squire had the short-lived Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe in the late 1980s. Then they merged with the remaining Squire-led Yes members to form a Super Yes that made one album that most fans regard as one of the worst albums the group made.
Rossington-Collins Band was Lynyrd Skynyrd without Ronnie Van Zant.
Damn Yankees was Ted Nugent with Tommy Shaw from Styx, and there was a prominent member of Night Ranger in that group as well.
Bad Company was a protege band of Led Zeppelin, particularly Jimmy Page. Page and Paul Rodgers ended up together in The Firm.
David Lee Roth's first two solo albums were more of a "supergroup" than a spinoff. Steve Vai is a comparable talent to Eddie Van Halen, and Billy Sheehan is one of the elite bassists out there.
Sammy Hagar has done a number of projects in addition to being a solo artist. Vocalist for Montrose, vocalist for Van Halen, vocalist for Joe Satriani's Chickenfoot, and a recent project called The Circle with Michael Anthony from Van Halen and Jason Bonham (John Bonham's son.)
Some of those "family tree" diagrams involving certain musicians and the bands in which they've played show a lot of overlap. People forget that Ian Gillan (famous from Deep Purple's Mark II incarnation) was the vocalist on an early 1980s Black Sabbath album.
Sammy Hagar and Michael Anthony formed The Circle with Vic Johnson and Jason Bonham.
Sammy also formed Chickenfoot with Michael Anthony, Joe Satriani, RHCP's Chad Smith. When Smith was unavailable, they used John Mellencamp's longtime drummer Kenny Aronoff.
I see HB beat me to Chickenfoot. lol
Wings might qualify with McCartney and Denny Laine of the Moody Blues, who would be the only consistent member of the band besides Paul and Linda.
Quote from: TheHighwayMan394 on July 01, 2021, 03:00:01 PM
Wings might qualify with McCartney and Denny Laine of the Moody Blues, who would be the only consistent member of the band besides Paul and Linda.
I don't think that either Wings or John Lennon's Plastic Ono Band can be considered spinoffs of the Beatles. If George or Ringo had gone along, then yes.
Heaven and Hell was the Ronnie James Dio version of Black Sabbath.
Zwan was a spin-off of the Smashing Pumpkins after their initial breakup.
Quote from: jayhawkco on July 01, 2021, 11:34:18 AM
I feel like one of the most obvious ones would be Foo Fighters with Dave Grohl from Nirvana.
A couple others:
Porno for Pyros with members from Jane's Addiction
A Perfect Circle with Maynard (from Tool) and the drummer from Primus
Temple of the Dog with a merging of Soundgarden and Pearl Jam
Chris
Temple of the Dog actually predated Pearl Jam!
Megadeth spun off from Metallica after Dave Mustaine was fired from Metallica.
Big Audio Dynamite and Big Audio Dynamite II spun off from the Clash after Mick Jones was fired.
Love and Rockets spun off from Bauhaus (and is basically Bauhaus minus Peter Murphy)
Queens of the Stone Age spun off from Kyuss
The Storm- Spinoff of Journey in the early 90's
Contraband- "supergroup" of members from Shark Island, McAuley-schenker Group, Vixen, Ratt, and LA Guns
The Law- Paul Rodgers' short lived solo group in the early 90's.
Several Grateful Dead spin-offs since Jerry Garcia passed: The Other Ones, The Dead, Furthur, and Dead & Company (with John Mayer). Jerry Garcia Band was a side band, but Keith and Donna Godchaux were members who crossed over between both bands between 76 and 78.
You had Crosby & Nash and the Stills-Young band from CSN and sometimes Y. Stills & Young both came from Buffalo Springfield.
Quote from: TheHighwayMan394 on July 01, 2021, 01:48:24 PM
The classic lineup of Yes minus Chris Squire had the short-lived Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe in the late 1980s. Then they merged with the remaining Squire-led Yes members to form a Super Yes that made one album that most fans regard as one of the worst albums the group made.
You also had Cinema, when Squire and White spun off to join with Trevor Rabin and Tony Kaye, both of whom would join (in Kaye's case, re-join) Yes when Jon Anderson came back for
90125
Storm Corrosion was a collaboration between members of Opeth and Porcupine Tree.
Asia came from members of Yes, KC, UK, and ELP.
Liquid Tension Experiment spun off mainly from Dream Theater.
Quote from: jp the roadgeek on July 01, 2021, 11:18:24 PM
You also had Cinema, when Squire and White spun off to join with Trevor Rabin and Tony Kaye, both of whom would join (in Kaye's case, re-join) Yes when Jon Anderson came back for 90125
Trevor Rabin objected to the idea of a revived Yes as he didn't want the Cinema band to be tied to Yes's prior work, but lost out on that front. Nonetheless I did enjoy some of his takes on Yes classics since he has a harder-rock edge than Steve Howe does. Since we're doing Yes spinoffs, there was also Yes featuring ARW with Jon Anderson, Rabin, and Rick Wakeman that toured the last couple years before the pandemic. I saw them in 2017 and it was fantastic.
"Real" Yes (Steve Howe, et al) has a new album coming out this fall, which will be a little strange as it'll be their first album without Chris Squire following his 2015 death. My hopes are low but I'll buy it.
Guns N' Roses from Hollywood Rose and L.A. Guns
Quote from: CapeCodder on July 01, 2021, 11:11:07 PM
The Storm- Spinoff of Journey in the early 90's
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Nice catch. I forgot about them. I saw them in concert in Roanoke in April 1992–they opened for Bryan Adams and I won free tickets from a radio station and so drove down there. I was in the 12th row and my ears rang for the better part of a week.
Some other ones...
Public Image, Ltd. spun off from the Sex Pistols
New Order spun off from Joy Division
Slaughter spun off from Vinnie Vincent Invasion, which spun off from KISS
Rainbow spun off from Deep Purple
Mike and the Mechanics spun off from Genesis (if successful side projects count - if not, please disregard)
Quote from: jayhawkco on July 01, 2021, 11:34:18 AM
I feel like one of the most obvious ones would be Foo Fighters with Dave Grohl from Nirvana.
Also Pat Smear.
Whitesnake was another Deep Purple spin-off.
Depending on whether side projects should be included (like somebody mentioned "Mike + The Mechanics" earlier) ...
If you want an answer involving two very different genres, The "Tom Tom Club" was basically a spin off / side project from "Talking Heads".
"Talking Heads" members Tina Weymouth, Chris Frantz, and Jerry Harrison (IOW everybody except David Byrne) comprised the "Tom Tom Club".
Interestingly, years later when Byrne had no interest in continuing, the same three reformed as "The Heads" with a rotating group of "guest" lead singers, including Debbie Harry, Michael Hutchence, Johnette Napolitano, Gordon Gano, among others.
Quote from: jayhawkco on July 01, 2021, 11:34:18 AM
Temple of the Dog with a merging of Soundgarden and Pearl Jam
Pearl Jam didn't exist when Temple of the Dog was made. The record could be more accurately described as a collaboration between Soundgarden members and Mother Love Bone members.