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In [[popular music]], a '''side project''' is a project undertaken by one or more people already known for their involvement in another [[Band (rock and pop)|band]]. It can also be an artist or a band temporarily switching to a different style.<!--EXAMPLES: artist Devin Townsend doing Ocean Machine side project, bands Coil or King Crimson doing some side projects with full crew.-->

Usually these projects emphasize a different aspect of that person's or that band's musical interests that they feel they cannot explore within the boundaries established by their main project. Side projects can later become full-time endeavours, but should not be confused with quitting a band for a solo career or another band. Peter Hartlaub of ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]'' called the solo side project "the biggest longshot bet in mainstream music".<ref name="SFC 2010-04-06">{{cite news|last=Hartlaub|first=Peter|date=6 April 2010|title=When band guys go solo on side, it rarely works|url=http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/When-band-guys-go-solo-on-side-it-rarely-works-3268107.php|newspaper=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]|access-date=3 February 2015}}</ref>

''[[The New York Times]]'' described the side project as "a break from the other band members, a chance to toy with different genres and recording methods, a fling with no long-term commitment".<ref name="NYT 2013-02-22">{{cite news|last=Pareles|first=Jon|author-link=Jon Pareles|date=22 February 2013|title=Postal Service and Breeders on Spring Tours|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/24/arts/music/postal-service-and-breeders-on-spring-tours.html|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=3 February 2015}}</ref> There can be [[Aesthetics|aesthetic]] reasons to pursue side projects,<ref name="Philly.com 1996-01-21">{{cite web|url=http://articles.philly.com/1996-01-21/entertainment/25651816_1_weezer-matt-sharp-rentals|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150203171209/http://articles.philly.com/1996-01-21/entertainment/25651816_1_weezer-matt-sharp-rentals|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 3, 2015|title=Rockers' Menu: A Main Band, With A Project On The Side|last=Moon|first=Tom|date=21 January 1996|website=Philly.com|publisher=[[Philadelphia Media Network]]|access-date=3 February 2015}}</ref> and side projects can have the benefit of protecting [[Independent music|indie]] credibility.<ref name="Philly.com 1996-01-21"/>

==Overview==
One of the earliest examples of a side project in the rock era was that of [[The Four Seasons (band)|The Four Seasons]], who established [[The Wonder Who?]] as a brand for experimental and novelty covers that could not be released under their own name; more enduringly, lead singer [[Frankie Valli]]'s solo career began as a side project. Such was the rarity of such arrangements at the time that [[Philips Records]], the Four Seasons' record label at the time of Valli's early solo work, was initially afraid that it was a sign the band was soon to dissolve or that Valli was leaving, which Valli assured he had no intention of doing.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Willman |first=Chris |date=June 6, 2024 |title=Frankie Valli on Jersey Boys and His Unlikely Success: 'The Way I Grew Up, It Was Basically Against All Odds' |url=https://parade.com/300325/chriswillman/frankie-valli-on-jersey-boys-and-his-unlikely-success/ |access-date=May 31, 2023 |website=[[Parade (magazine)|Parade]] |language=en}}</ref>

One example of [[music]]al side projects is [[Kiss (band)|Kiss]]'s decision in 1978 to have each member of the band, [[Gene Simmons]], [[Paul Stanley]], [[Ace Frehley]] and [[Peter Criss]], simultaneously release solo albums. In 1992, The [[Melvins]] released solo [[Extended play|EP]]s in a similar fashion.

"Side project" may also refer to pursuits of famous individuals outside of their primary fields. For instance, [[Wicked Wisdom]] is a "side project" of actress [[Jada Pinkett Smith]]. Side projects often occur at a crossroads of a [[celebrity]]'s career.

A side project can also be a band that takes on an "[[alter ego]]", usually in order to play a different style of music that their fans are not used to. An  example of this type of side project would be the band [[Weezer]], who is also the [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]] [[cover band]] Goat Punishment.

Another example of a side project is when in 1990, [[Jesper Strömblad]] of [[Ceremonial Oath]] decided to start a side project known as [[In Flames]] because he wanted to start a new project that combined [[Iron Maiden]] and [[death metal]] all together which he said he had never heard of before, the side project then grew into a band in 1995 and is now one of the most influential [[Heavy metal music|metal]] bands of all time, and still together without Jesper.

A joint side project consisting of members of multiple known bands is known as a [[supergroup (music)|supergroup]].

==Famous or notable side projects==
*[[58 (band) |58]], a side project of [[Nikki Sixx]] from [[Mötley Crüe]].
* [[+44 (band)|(+44)]], a side project of [[Mark Hoppus]] and [[Travis Barker]] of [[Blink-182]].
* [[Matt Noveskey#(a+)machines|(a+) machines]], a side project of [[Matt Noveskey]] of [[Blue October]].
* [[The Almost]], a side project of [[Aaron Gillespie]] of [[underOATH]].
* [[The Amps]], a side project of [[The Breeders]]<ref name="Philly.com 1996-01-21"/>
* [[Anchor & Braille]], a side project of [[Stephen Christian]] of [[Anberlin]], [[Aaron Marsh]] and [[Copeland (band)|Copeland]].
* [[Angels & Airwaves]], a side project of [[Tom DeLonge]] of [[Blink-182]]<ref name="LA Times 2015-01-27">{{cite news|last=Kennedy|first=Gerrick D.|date=27 January 2015|title=Tom DeLonge responds to Blink-182 fallout with letter|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-tom-delonge-responds-to-blink182-fallout-20150127-story.html|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=3 February 2015}}</ref>
* [[A Perfect Circle]], a side project of [[Maynard James Keenan]] of [[Tool (band)|Tool]].
* [[The Art Goblins]], a side project of [[Eddie Argos]] and Jasper Future of [[Art Brut (band)|Art Brut]].
* [[Bad Meets Evil]], a side project of rappers [[Eminem]] and [[Royce da 5'9"]]
* [[Blaqk Audio]], a side project of [[Davey Havok]] and [[Jade Puget]] of [[AFI (band)|AFI]].
* [[Bleachers (band)|Bleachers]], a side project of [[Jack Antonoff]] of [[Fun (band)|Fun]].<ref name="LA Times 2014-02-19">{{cite news|last=Kennedy|first=Gerrick D.|date=19 February 2014|title=Jack Antonoff announces Bleachers solo project, debuts single|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-jack-antonoff-bleachers-20140218-story.html|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=3 February 2015}}</ref>
* [[Box Car Racer]], a side project of [[Travis Barker]] and [[Tom DeLonge|Tom Delonge]] (then of [[Blink-182]]), and David Kennedy of [[Hazen Street]].
* [[Brad (band)|Brad]], a side project of [[Pearl Jam]] and [[Satchel (band)|Satchel]].
* [[Brand X]], a jazz fusion side project of [[Phil Collins]] of [[Genesis (band)|Genesis]].
* [[The Breeders]], a side project of [[Pixies (band)|Pixies]]<ref name="Philly.com 1996-01-21"/> and [[Throwing Muses]].
* [[Cobra Starship]], a side project of Gabe Saporta of [[Midtown (band)|Midtown]].
* [[City and Colour]], a side project of [[Dallas Green (musician)|Dallas Green]] of [[Alexisonfire]].
* [[The Cross (band)|The Cross]], a side project of [[Roger Meddows-Taylor|Roger Taylor]] of [[Queen (band)|Queen]].
* [[Cross Country (band)|Cross Country]], a side project of [[The Tokens]].
* [[Dashboard Confessional]], a side project of [[Chris Carrabba]] of [[Further Seems Forever]].
* [[Dead by Sunrise]], a side project of [[Chester Bennington]] of [[Linkin Park]] and all members of [[Julien-K]].
* [[Hail Satin|Dee Gees]], a side project of [[Foo Fighters]].
* [[Demons and Wizards (band)|Demons and Wizards]], a side project of [[Hansi Kürsch]] of [[Blind Guardian]] and [[Jon Schaffer]] of [[Iced Earth]].
* [[Eagles of Death Metal]], a side project of [[Josh Homme]] of [[Queens of the Stone Age]].
* [[Electric Light Orchestra]], a side project of [[Jeff Lynne]], [[Roy Wood]], and [[Bev Bevan]] of [[The Move]]
* [[Fever Ray]], a side project of Karin Dreijer Andersson of [[The Knife]].
* [[Fight the Sky]], a side project of [[Jacoby Shaddix]] of [[Papa Roach]].
* [[The Fireman (music)|The Fireman]], a side project of [[Paul McCartney]].
* [[Flo and Eddie]], a side project of [[Howard Kaylan]] and [[Mark Volman]] of [[The Turtles]], created in response to the duo's dispute with [[White Whale Records]].
* [[FM Static]], a side project of [[Trevor McNevan]] and [[Steve Augustine (musician)|Steve Augustine]] of [[Thousand Foot Krutch]].
* [[Fort Minor]], a side project of [[Mike Shinoda]] of [[Linkin Park]].
* [[Foxboro Hot Tubs]], a side project of [[Green Day]].
* [[The Glove]], a side project of [[Robert Smith (musician)|Robert Smith]] and [[Siouxsie and the Banshees]]' [[Steven Severin]] of [[The Cure]].
* [[Goon Moon]], a side project of [[Jeordie White]] of [[Marilyn Manson (band)|Marilyn Manson]].
* [[Gorillaz]], a virtual band composed of four fictional [[animation|animated]] band members, created by [[Damon Albarn]] from [[Blur (band)|Blur]], and [[Jamie Hewlett]], the co-creator of the comic book ''[[Tank Girl]]''.
* [[Gov't Mule]], a side project of [[Warren Haynes]] and [[Allen Woody]] of the [[Allman Brothers Band]].
* [[Hindu Love Gods (band)|Hindu Love Gods]], a side project of [[R.E.M.]] in collaboration with [[Warren Zevon]]
* [[Hot Tuna]] began as a side project of [[Jack Casady]] and [[Jorma Kaukonen]] of [[Jefferson Airplane]].
* [[How to Destroy Angels (band)|How to Destroy Angels]], a side project of [[Trent Reznor]] of [[Nine Inch Nails]]<ref name="NYT 2013-04-13">{{cite news|last=Caramanica|first=Jon|date=13 April 2013|title=Coachella: When the Band Is a Second Gig|url=http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/13/coachella-when-the-band-is-a-second-gig/|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=3 February 2015}}</ref>
* [[I Can Make a Mess Like Nobody's Business]] and [[Ace Enders and a Million Different People]] fronted by [[Ace Enders]], formerly of [[The Early November]]
* [[Jack's Mannequin]] began as a side project of [[Andrew McMahon]] of [[Something Corporate]]
* [[Jerry Garcia Band]], a side project of [[Jerry Garcia]] of [[Grateful Dead]]<ref name="WP 2014-09-25">{{cite news|last=Greenberg|first=Rudi|date=25 September 2014|title=John Kadlecik loves playing Dead; is recreating Jerry Garcia Band concerts at Gypsy Sally's|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/express/wp/2014/09/25/john-kadlecik-loves-playing-dead-is-recreating-jerry-garcia-band-concerts-at-gypsy-sallys/|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|access-date=3 February 2015}}</ref>
* [[Jonathan Davis and the SFA]], a side project of [[Jonathan Davis]] of [[Korn]].
* [[Knife Party]], a side project of [[Rob Swire]] and [[Gareth McGrillen]] of [[Pendulum (drum and bass band)|Pendulum]].
* [[Liquid Tension Experiment]], a side project of [[Dream Theater]] featuring [[John Petrucci]], [[Mike Portnoy]], [[Jordan Rudess]], and progressive rock icon bassist [[Tony Levin]].
* [[Lingua Mortis Orchestra]], a side project of [[Rage (German band)|Rage]].
* [[Little Feat]], a side project of [[Lowell George]], [[Bill Payne]], and [[Roy Estrada]] of [[The Mothers of Invention]]
* [[Maximum Balloon]], a side project of [[Dave Sitek]] of [[TV on the Radio]]<ref name="NPR 2010-12-16">{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2010/12/16/131705861/the-5-best-side-projects-of-2010|title=The 5 Best Side Projects Of 2010|last=Houston|first=Rita|date=16 December 2010|publisher=[[NPR]]|access-date=3 February 2015}}</ref>
* [[MD.45]], a side project of [[Dave Mustaine]] and [[Jimmy DeGrasso]] from [[Megadeth]] with [[Lee Ving]] from [[Fear (band)|Fear]]
* [[Middle Aged Dad Jam Band]], a side project of [[The State (comedy troupe)|The State]].
* [[Mike + The Mechanics]], a side project of [[Mike Rutherford]] of [[Genesis (band)|Genesis]].
*  Mrs. Scabtree, a side project between [[Marilyn Manson]], [[Jeordie White]] and [[Jessicka]] from [[Jack Off Jill]].
* [[The Network]], supposedly a side project of all the members of [[Green Day]].
* [[The New Amsterdams]] began as a side project of [[Matt Pryor (musician)|Matthew Pryor]] of [[The Get Up Kids]]
* [[New Build]], a side project of [[Hot Chip]]<ref name="NYT 2015-01-08">{{cite news|last=Kaplan|first=Ilana|date=8 January 2015|title=An Artistic Video from the Hot Chip Spinoff New Build|url=http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/01/08/new-build-pour-it-on-video/|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=3 February 2015}}</ref>
* [[Nick Jonas & the Administration]], a side project of [[Nick Jonas]] of the [[Jonas Brothers]]
* [[The Nightwatchman]], the [[alter ego]] of [[Rage Against the Machine]] and [[Audioslave]] guitarist [[Tom Morello]].
* [[The Operation M.D.]], a side project of [[Juliette and the Licks]] guitarist [[Todd Morse]] and [[Sum 41]] bassist [[Cone McCaslin]].
* [[Pinhead Gunpowder]], a side project of [[Billie Joe Armstrong]].
* [[The Postal Service]], a side project featuring [[Ben Gibbard]] of [[Death Cab for Cutie]] and [[Dntel|Jimmy Tamborello]] of [[Dntel]].
* [[Probot]], a [[Dave Grohl]] side project featuring various 1970s and 1980s [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]] vocalists.
* [[ProjeKct X]], the side project of [[King Crimson]].
* [[Prozzäk]], a side project with James McCollum and Jason Levine who are two members of [[The Philosopher Kings]].
* [[Puscifer]], another side project consisting and organized by [[Maynard James Keenan]] of [[Tool (band)|Tool]].
* [[The Raconteurs]], consisting of [[Jack White (musician)|Jack White]] (from [[the White Stripes]]), [[Brendan Benson]], [[Patrick Keeler]] (from [[The Greenhornes]]), and [[Jack Lawrence (bassist)|Jack Lawrence]] (from The Greenhornes and [[Blanche (band)|Blanche]]).
* [[Refuge (band)|Refuge]], a side project of [[Rage (German band)|Rage]].
* [[RNDM]], a side project of [[Pearl Jam]]<ref name="LA Times 2012-11-21">{{cite news|last=Wood|first=Mikael|date=21 November 2012|title=Pearl Jam side project RNDM headed for Troubadour|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-pearl-jam-side-project-rndm-troubadour-20121120-story.html|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=3 February 2015}}</ref>
* [[Singers Unlimited]], a side project of [[The Hi-Los]]
* [[Sixx:A.M.]], a side project of [[Nikki Sixx]] of [[Mötley Crüe]].
*[[The Smile (band)|The Smile]], a side project of [[Thom Yorke]] and [[Jonny Greenwood]] from [[Radiohead]], and former [[Sons of Kemet]] drummer [[Tom Skinner (drummer)|Tom Skinner]].
* [[Sol Invicto]], a side project of [[Stephen Carpenter]] from [[Deftones]] led by [[Richie Londres]].
* [[Some Devil]], a side project of [[Dave Matthews]] from the [[Dave Matthews Band]].
* [[Some Girls (California band)|Some Girls]], a supergroup/side project consisting of current members of [[The Locust]] and [[The Plot to Blow Up the Eiffel Tower]], and ex-members of [[Give Up the Ghost (band)|Give Up the Ghost]] (formerly American Nightmare).
* [[The Superions]], a side project of [[Fred Schneider]] from [[The B-52s]].
* [[The Tear Garden]], a project consisting primarily of [[Edward Ka-Spel]] from [[The Legendary Pink Dots]] and [[Cevin Key]] from [[Skinny Puppy]].
* [[The Sound of Animals Fighting]], a side project consisting of [[Rich Balling]], Matt Embree, and [[Christopher Tsagakis]] of [[Rx Bandits]], [[Anthony Green (musician)|Anthony Green]] of [[Circa Survive]], Derek Dougherty and [[Randy Strohmeyer]] of [[Finch (U.S. band)|Finch]], [[Marc McKnight]] of [[Atreyu (band)|Atreyu]], Rich Zahniser of [[Never Heard of It]], Matthew Kelly of [[The Autumns]], Craig Owens of [[Chiodos]], and Keith Goodwin of [[Days Away]].
* [[Temple of the Dog]], featuring members of [[Soundgarden]] with [[Pearl Jam]] and the start of that band.
* [[Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra]], originally a side project of [[Montreal]] [[post-rock]] band [[Godspeed You! Black Emperor]].
* [[Them Crooked Vultures]], a side project featuring [[Dave Grohl]] ([[Foo Fighters]] and [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]]), [[Josh Homme]] ([[Queens of the Stone Age]]) and [[John Paul Jones (musician)|John Paul Jones]] ([[Led Zeppelin]]).
* [[Three Fish]], featuring [[Jeff Ament]] of [[Pearl Jam]].
* [[Tired Pony]], a side project that consists of [[Gary Lightbody]] of [[Snow Patrol]], [[Peter Buck]] of [[R.E.M.]], [[Richard Colburn]] of [[Belle & Sebastian]], and [[Zooey Deschanel]] of [[She & Him]], as well as other members of Snow Patrol.
* [[Tom Tom Club]], a side project of [[Tina Weymouth]] and [[Chris Frantz]] of [[Talking Heads]].
* [[Trans-Siberian Orchestra]], a side project of [[Savatage]]; TSO has largely overshadowed the band that spawned it
* [[Ugly Casanova]], a side project of [[Isaac Brock (musician)|Isaac Brock]] of [[Modest Mouse]].
* [[Velvet Revolver]], a grunge rock side project featuring [[Scott Weiland]] of [[Stone Temple Pilots]] and [[Slash (musician)|Slash]] of [[Guns N' Roses]]. 
* [[White Hot Odyssey]], a hard rock side project featuring vocalist [[Steve Perry (Oregon musician)|Steve Perry]] and guitarist [[Jason Moss (musician)|Jason Moss]] of the [[Cherry Poppin' Daddies]].
* [[The Whitest Boy Alive]], a side project of [[Erlend Øye]] of [[Kings of Convenience]].
* [[X-Cops (band)|X-Cops]] and the [[Dave Brockie Experience]] were both side projects of [[GWAR]].

==See also==
*[[Supergroup (music)|Supergroup]]

==References==
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