Musicians you forgot were ever in certain bands.

[JimK]

Ambrosia bassist/vocalist was also a founding member of Bruce Hornsby and the Range

Joe Puerta!

 

[Richland123]

Joe Puerta!

I was typing and deleting and sending all at once and re-
corrected it.

Doggone multi-tasking gets me every time.

 

[powderfinger]

Pete Best was in The Beatles before he joined The Pete Best Band.

JPJ was in Zeppelin before Them Crooked Vultures.

McCartney was in Wings before joining Nirvana.

 

[Richland123]

Rick Derringer was a member of The McCoys

 

[powderfinger]

Ronnie James Dio was in Elf, Ronnie & The Redcaps, and Ronnie & The Prophets

Too bad Dio never got the fellows in The Prophets back together for a reunion.

 

[JimK]

Sammy Hagar sang for Montrose.

All 4 guys in Montrose went on to other things...or had things pre-Montrose.
Bassist Bill Church did some time with Van Morrison. IIRC, Montrose also did time with Van Morrison.
Drummer Denny Carmassi went onto Heart & various David Coverdale projects.

Thinking of Heart, I took a look at Bassist Mark Andes bands...I had forgot about his stint in Jo Jo Gunne-
Canned Heat, Spirit, Jo Jo Gunne, Firefall, Heart.

 

[10cc]

Billy Joel was in Attila:

Good one! Don't forget the Hassles:
http://youtu.be/0T1CXYhTQro

Dio - Rainbow

Lemmy - Hawkwind

Adrian Belew - Talking Heads, King Crimson, Bowie, Zapa and a bunch more.

J.Mascis - Deep Wound

 

[Absumone]

Robert Trujillo, now Metallica, was in Suicidal Tendencies and Infectious Grooves.
They really have some awesome bass lines, and live Suicidal Tendencies is still awesome.

 

[JimK]

Rick Derringer was a member of The McCoys

Cool band...with a marimba?

Which video do you prefer?
A-

 

[Richland123]

Some members of Night Ranger all had prior success

Jack Blades - Rubicon
Kelly Keagy - Rubicon
Brad Gillis - Rubicon and Ozzy Osbourne
Alan Fitzgerald - Montrose and Gamma


Drummer Terry Bozzio has been in UK, Missing Persons, and with Frank Zappa

 

[Richland123]

Yngwie Malmsteen was in Alcatrazz

Michael Schenker was in Scorpions

Glenn Hughes was lead singer of Black Sabbath for an album

Ian Gillan was lead singer of Black Sabbath for an album and tour

 

[ultra60]

Bruce Dickenson was in Samson prior to Iron Maiden

Nicko McBrain was on Pat Travers best album prior to Iron Maiden

Pat Thrall was in Automatic Man prior to Pat Travers

Jerry Riggs was in "Riggs" prior to Pat Travers.

 

[Hues]

Rick Derringer was a member of The McCoys

Also played in The Edgar Winter Group for a while.

 

[JimK]

…and before that he was in Edgar Winter's White Trash...before that he was in Johnny Winter And (w/ Bobby Caldwell of Captain Beyond).

 

[squirefan]

Jimi Hendrix was with Little Richard.

 

[MisterFabulous]

Mick Avory with the Rolling Stones.

I believe the story there was that Mick Avory rehearsed with or auditioned for The Rolling Stones.

Mick Turned out a great drummer for the Kinks.

 

[Richland123]

Rod Stewart was in The Jeff Beck Group

Ted Nugent was in The Amboy Dukes

Mike Bloomfield and Elvin Bishop were in The Butterfield Blues Band

Billy Gibbons was in The Moving Sidewalks

 

[Beatlejuice53]

John Paul Jones and Herman's Hermits

 

[halfjackson]

Courtney Love was in Faith No More.

 

[Beatlejuice53]

And also, prior to Bad Company, Paul Rodgers was with Free (all right now).