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Favorite Side Projects #1 - A Perfect Circle

Scott Ganschow @teamfreak16 (43573) • Denver, Colorado 28 Nov 17

Now THIS is how you do a side project! We are at #1 in my Favorite Side Projects series, and that distinction belongs to A Perfect Circle. A Perfect Circle was formed by guitarist Billy Howerdel, who had worked as a guitar...

a perfect circle

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Favorite Side Projects #2 - The Power Station

Scott Ganschow @teamfreak16 (43573) • Denver, Colorado 27 Nov 17

They say that time flies when you're having fun, and I've definitely been having fun with this particular music series, a countdown of my favorite side projects. We are at #2: The Power Station. Best known for their hits "Some...

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Favorite Side Projects #3 - Tones on Tail

Scott Ganschow @teamfreak16 (43573) • Denver, Colorado 26 Nov 17

If you look around enough, you might be surprised at just how many musicians start side projects while still with their real band. I'm not talking about solo efforts, rather, they form an actual, second band. My favorite side...

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Favorite Side Projects #4 - Arcadia

Scott Ganschow @teamfreak16 (43573) • Denver, Colorado 25 Nov 17

Rather than focusing on a theme of various songs as usual, I am focusing on various bands, side projects of members of established bands. We are at #4 in the countdown: Arcadia. While guitarist Andy Taylor and bassist John...

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Favorite Side Projects #5 - Tin Machine

Scott Ganschow @teamfreak16 (43573) • Denver, Colorado 24 Nov 17

Musicians form side projects for many reasons, usually to satisfy a creative need to get music that does not fit their main band out there. Tin Machine's purpose was a bit different, however, and they are #5 in this countdown....

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Favorite Side Projects #6 - Revenge

Scott Ganschow @teamfreak16 (43573) • Denver, Colorado 23 Nov 17

I am the type of music lover that will buy an obscure album, without hearing it first, just because some guitarist that I like played on two songs. So if said guitarist, for instance, puts together a side project band, I'm...

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Favorite Side Projects #7 - The Creatures

Scott Ganschow @teamfreak16 (43573) • Denver, Colorado 22 Nov 17

If you think about it, there are a lot of musical side projects that have been formed over the years. I am counting down my favorite side projects, and we are at #7: The Creatures. Formed in 1981, The Creatures were a project by...

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Favorite Side Projects #8 - The Glove

Scott Ganschow @teamfreak16 (43573) • Denver, Colorado 21 Nov 17

Many musicians, at some point in the course of their career, start a second band, usually as a means of releasing music that doesn't fit what they do in their real band. Hence, this series of my favorite side projects. We are at...

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Favorite Side Projects #9 - Lucyfire

Scott Ganschow @teamfreak16 (43573) • Denver, Colorado 20 Nov 17

Side projects is the theme of this particular music countdown: bands started by musicians from established bands, mostly as an outlet for material that doesn't fit their regular band. Such is the case with #9 in this series:...

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Favorite Side Projects #10 - Tuatara

Scott Ganschow @teamfreak16 (43573) • Denver, Colorado 19 Nov 17

One music series done, one begins thusly. The theme for this countdown is my favorite side projects. We begin with #10: Tuatara. Tuatara is a supergroup project started in 1996 by R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck, Screaming Trees...

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