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Originally Posted by TheSquealer
A great example - didn't Ace become a heroin addict and have to be let go? Also, his solo effort was so horrible it was depressing. If your logic held true, his solo efforts would have been successful. As it was, he was a dipshit that needed to be fired. Paul Stanly didnt do much better on his own either.
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solo effort has nothing to do with the gestalt of a band or how significant the contribution of that member was to the overall success. heroin use has little to do with any of it, ginger baker was a junkie for decades and was kicked out of some (all?) of the most prolific bands of the late 60s/early 70s, yet he is considered the best drummer ever.
y'all seem to think the one band member who can come up with merchandising and make all the guys millionaires is more important than the guy who wrote and played an epic solo that the japanese so freaked out over, the world went ballistic.
i'm not saying he's not and the other's should very well be grateful, but, he's being put in a postion to do that came after the band played their music.