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

The lead singer for DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince did all right in his second job.

 

My college English professor Bruce Clarke was their original rhythm guitarist. Played at Woodstock with them.

 

Craig Logan of Bros quit the band and became a succesful A&R man with EMI, and later ran RCA when it was owned by Sony.

 

One of the more interesting of these was Utopia drummer Kevin Ellman. He went to Berklee and drummed for Manhattan Transfer, Bette Midler, Barry Manilow and others before joining Utopia. In 1975, he quit to join his family's business Beefsteak Charlie's, which led him to become a Certified Financial Planner and be quoted in Business Week, Fortune and the Wall Street Journal and to become a frequent guest on CNBC. Todd appeared on the show to talk about Patronet, his aborted attempt at a music subscription service, and play a few songs. Ellman was invited to sit in on a song - he was rusty as hell, but game and eventually got back into music.


(If you're going to play a Utopia song after not playing for a while, don't choose The Icon.)

Rush drummer Neil Peart cited Ellman as an influence on his playing, specifically his work on concert toms.

 

Glenn Medeiros runs a school.

Jamie Walters (very underrated 90's pop-rock singer) has since worked as a paramedic and firefighter.

 

Peter Jacobsen and the late Payne Stewart

 

Don Felder's main gig has been real estate since the late 1980s. Music is his 2nd thing.

 

In an interview 1 or 2 years ago, Mark Lanegan mentioned having taken jobs in construction around Los Angeles frequently when in between projects. This was certainly the case when he left QOTSA, but the way he said it, it seemed like he's gone back and done that some more at various times.

 

^It's basically impossible to not click on a link with this headline

 

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The VAST majority of rockers end up getting 9-to-5 jobs when the dream doesn't pan out.

 

That was an ONION article. Sheesh...

 

When I first saw the Dream Syndicate on their first trip east he was there , and it was his guitar playing that I still remember.

 

I think Roth is probably a really cool mofo in peivate. I know he went to live in Japan to study martial arts and just would hang out with his buddies and they disn

Doesnt Sha na na literally translate mean Get a Job?

 

Former Bitch Magnet and Don Caballero guitarist Jon Fine went into journalism, becoming executive editor at Inc magazine and writing for the likes of The Atlantic and Details. He also put out an autobio three years back, Your Band Sucks: What I Saw At Indie Rock's Failed Revolution (But Can No Longer Hear), which is a great summer read for those who are into the whole indie/underground rock scene and liked books like Our Band Could Be Your Life.

 

Kieran White of Steamhammer immigrated to the U.S. and became a truck driver.

 

Art Garfunkel and Peter Tork both taught in schools for a short time after fame (someone probably already said this but I’m too lazy to look lol)

 

But did he really get a haircut?
Jeffrey Baxter - Business Strategy Geopolitics Inspiring Stories speaker

 

Mogul

 

Fuzz Townshend now the main mechanic on Car SOS

I was aware of Pop will eat itself back in the day but wasn't aware of Fuzz till Car SOS

Fuzz Townshend - Wikipedia

 

Paul Siebel. a songwriters songwriter (songs covered by David Bromberg, Willie Deville,j Linda Ronstadt, Bonnie ratio, Jerry Jeff Walker, Kate Wolf, Mary McCaslin, Emmylou Harries, Waylon Jennings and Leo Kottke) and New York City based musician during the late 60's early '70's ended up working outdoors for the Parks department in Maryland.

 

Bruce Dickinson has his commercial pilot's license and flies Iron Maiden's plane on tour, Ed Force 1. He also owns an airplane maintenance company in England.

 

Lesley Woods, singer from the excellent post punk band Au Pairs is a lawyer in London.

 

In the 1970s, between gigs, Brian Poole (of & The Tremeloes) worked in his brother's butchers shop.

 

John Arch, original lead singer of Fates Warning, left the music business for 20 years and built custom wood furniture.

 

Bruce Dickinson is so cool. That is awesome!

He has a real job.