What was the worst career move made by any artist?

[PJC]

Not so much Ritchie Blackmore leaving Deep Purple ...but his dressing up in green tights and singing at Renaissance Fayre's .....although if I was popping Candice Night one I'd wear green tights

 

[ComfortablyNumb]

Kurt Cobain marrying Courtney Love even though he had a beautiful daughter, she (Courtney) ****ed his life up.

 

[LG]

^^I have to agree, I could never understand why Kurt bothered with her, she was 100% bleeped in the head.

 

[METALPRIEST]

Still is

 

[LG]

I remember reading an article about her estate, apparently one of the Trustees made off with a pile of money, she didn't even notice until she went to buy something and her account was empty. It was a considerable sum and was siphoned off over a period of weeks, I know Kurt's estate will keep her in luxury for the rest of her life, but she is such a loser. How hard is it to actually look at your finances and keep on top of them?

 

[Fug]

Not so much Ritchie Blackmore leaving Deep Purple ...but his dressing up in green tights and singing at Renaissance Fayre's .....although if I was popping Candice Night one I'd wear green tights

I attended a Blackmore's Night show soon after the release of Shadow Of The Moon. (Ian Anderson plays flute on this album). It was a fine show. Ritchie was great, and seeing Candice Night was well worth the price of admission.

 

[BeatlesFan]

John Lennon - Yoko Ono.

John Lennon wrote many of his greatest songs about Yoko. Not to mention they have a son together.

 

[Foxhound]

John Lennon wrote many of his greatest songs about Yoko.

1. John Lennon wrote so many great songs that statistically some of them would have to be about Yoko. You'd have to demonstrate that Yoko was capable of eliciting more from John than could most other women in order to demonstrate your point.

2. I understand that Yoko and John's relationship with Yoko were a critical factor behind the breakup of the Beatles. That's a very compelling negative.

Not to mention they have a son together.

Well if we're going to get into offspring, they didn't have an unusual number together. Somewhat less than average actually.

 

[aeroplane]

I think Eddie Van Halen chasing off band members (Roth, Hagar, Anthony) on a whim was damaging to his reputation and also wasted valuable time that could have been spent recording further albums.

 

[snakes&ladders]

Sting and Robert Plants solo careers (hopefully Band of Joy will put Robbie on the right track again)