Tonight’s game: name people who thought they were bigger than the band they were in and so bailed, and then they were right. (You get a pass if you were as big as the band you were in.) That is: you’re arrogant and the arrogance was justified. There aren’t that many! Lots more thought it and were wrong. Our thoughts: Robbie Williams, Diana Ross, Cher, Tina Turner, Belinda Carlisle, Suzi Quattro. Currently arguing about Joan Jett.

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@sil In most cases it's hard to be sure why the the band split up, but there's a fly-on-the-wall documentary, Our Most Brilliant Friends, about Rebecca Taylor leaving Slow Club, and it's because she wanted to be a pop star.

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