Get a haircut and get a real job : Rockers who got real jobs

They only issued two singles, and never had much success except in the Philippines (according to Wikipedia). Guess the decade.

 

As discussed recently in the Badfinger thread, ex-Zombie Paul Atkinson ended up as an A&R executive at Capitol.

 

One of the guys from The Jam worked for the railways.

 

Craig from Bros ended up the head of Sony in the UK

 

Edit: One of my posts was missing, so I reposted it, and then the original post emerged giggling from the cupboard.

Carry on.

 

I'm taking a wild guess here it's not Paul Weller...

 

David Palmer not only returned to his 'day job' he also became a she - Dee Palmer - so didn't get a haircut either...

 

'The giant of the D chord! The Empire State of the E chord!' (Elvis Costello's intro of Martin Belmont on the Live at El Mocambo CD)

 

Don Was ("Walking the Dinosaur"-Was [Not Was]) runs Blue Note Records.

 

Hugh Banton, the keyboardist for Van Der Graaf Generator, went on to become a church organ designer.

 

Sixto Rodriguez was a labourer

 

For you Pittsburghers..... wasn't Donnie Iris a real estate agent at one point?

(I assume not now - he still performs frequently.)

 

Any chance he was one of the Crusaders? He did not make a big deal out of it and only mentioned it because LZ plus Jason Bonham was on at that moment.

This was a few years before the Internet so verification was not so doable back then.

 

This is true because my wife worked with him in a civil service office in Liverpool

 

It is not uncommon for musicians to take on different professions after their time in the music business. My own father took a position with the American Federation of Musicians after being a working musician for over 40 years. Why! Because at age 57, he was tired of having to work shows until 2:00 AM and getting to bed at 3:00 AM or later night after night. He wanted to be home for dinner and live a more normal lifestyle. He always told me that the music business was a young mans game and that you should eventually have a plan B to roll into. He never quit playing music, but was more than glad to hang it up as a profession when then time came and as having a long time career in the music business, he was one of the lucky ones.

 

Only other thing I can think of is Page playing with the "interval band" at the Marquee around 61-2, before he started session work. That wasn't a touring band, it was like a pick-up thing. Also he was supposed to have done some dates with Mickey Finn & the Blen Men at the same time as the early session work (circa '63-4) so maybe that's it?

 

Sonics guitarist Larry Parypa worked for an insurance company in Seattle.

 

Steve Morse - Dixie Dregs, Kansas, Deep Purple - From late 1987 to early 1988, Morse worked as a commercial airline co-pilot. (Wikipedia)
Andy West - Dixie Dregs - He currently works as a vice president for Analytics and Adaptive Learning at Pearson Education. (Wikipedia) He also still plays with the Dregs.
Andy Hummel - Big Star - He was a 30-year employee of Lockheed Martin. (Wikipedia)
Dan Murphy - Soul Asylum, Golden Smog - Quit Soul Asylum to run his antique art busines: "Grapefruit Moon Gallery is an online art gallery specializing in original Pin-up, Glamour, Advertising, and Cover Art from the Grand Age of American Illustration".

 

Maybe. Thanks.

He was very gregarious and it was a fun night.

 

Sounds like an occupational virus or disease going around!

 

99.9% of them.

 

This seems to be the new trend for musicians.

Maynard James Keenan of Tool has a vineyard in Arizona.
Les Claypool of Primus owns Claypool Cellars and a soda company called Seapop.
Tim Alexander of Primus owns Herb's Cider.

 

As I mentioned in another thread: Dale "Buffin" Griffin from Mott the Hoople became a producer for BBC radio after he left the band.

 

Karl Precoda (ex-Dream Syndicate) went on to get his Ph.D. and now teaches Cinema Studies at Virginia Tech:

Karl Precoda

 

Larry Gott of James is a furniture designer.