What are some bands with huge fan base but after disbandment, the members go on to form underwhelming bands?

[SlaySlavery 102]

And vice versa? I was listening to old school visual kei (UnsraW & Dio) today and thought about this. Both bands would certainly do better if they had stuck together.

[nick 10212]

D'espairsRay is the first band that came to my mind.

[platy 3018]

Vidoll

[suji 8317]

all of them x

 

Namely Megaromania when 3/5 of them went to do a quick rehash of Lin before getting fucked over.

[Manabu 144]

Not Visual Kei but FACT had quite a good following, once separated they formed two groups 'Shadows' and 'Joy Opposites'

Both had a bit of steam at the beginning but it quickly faded away and neither group sounded immensely different to FACT

[Karma’s Hat 3107]

Even when though Mejibray was already losing steam and having shrinking attendance and a lack of ambition, their disbandment was catastrophic to everyone involved, especially MiA's liver. 

[patientZERO 1066]

Pretty much everyone from DELUHI. I can't count the amount of bands and failed projects those dudes have started and ended. Breakin' Holiday, Zero Mind Infinity, FAR EAST DIZAIN, Garson, and also Juri and Sujk's solo junk.

[evenor 1655]

I'm not sure if their fanbase was HUGE but I'd say Sugar.

[Gesu 1537]

I'd say DIV. They were great and so were ACME at the start but then they just kinda became... eh. As for The Guzmania... well, let's not go there.

[solaris05 53]

7 hours ago, nostalgia said:

D'espairsRay is the first band that came to my mind.

I second this. I immediately thought of ZERO  glad he's still around but....damn.

[nekkichi 6043]

kagerou is probably a prime example of this but really 

7 hours ago, suji said:

all of them x

 

[LIDL 692]

X-Japan

 

[ghost 2687]

9goats black out.

I wouldn't say the bands that the 2 active members went into are bad, but they're just not the same. I don't enjoy them nearly on the same level that I did with 9goats.

[Total Saikou 735]

3 hours ago, evenor said:

I'm not sure if their fanbase was HUGE but I'd say Sugar.

I will not stand for this More/逆しまな歯車を仮面が嗤う slander 😤

[uirosos 32]

KHRYST+ really didn't hold up as well as SCREW did. I know RAZOR is doing very well but they're pretty underwhelming to me after BORN, but they were fizzling out. Everything they released after THE STALIN -666- really didn't do it for me.

3 hours ago, evenor said:

I'm not sure if their fanbase was HUGE but I'd say Sugar.

I have to second this. I didn't listen to Sugar while they were still around and while I did enjoy Konig a lot, everything Loki did after that didn't grab my attention the same way.

[monkeybanana4 1732]

53 minutes ago, uirosos said:

KHRYST+ really didn't hold up as well as SCREW did.

Also thought of this as well. Khryst+ was fine, but when compared to Screw, I think Khryst+ was definitely lacking something.

[uirosos 32]

1 hour ago, monkeybanana4 said:

Also thought of this as well. Khryst+ was fine, but when compared to Screw, I think Khryst+ was definitely lacking something.

SCREW is pretty nostalgic for me, so that could be part of the reason why I find KHRYST+ a little lacklustre. I also think KHRYST+ isn't really anything new to the scene, they don't sound as unique to me as SCREW did. KHRYST+ only being active for a year though doesn't really help either, it's not enough time to get established in the scene and really find a unique sound.