1992 Plight of Going Solo

[michelej1]

Originally Posted by strandinthewind

No. L&O and GI were released within a year or so of two highly popular FM records.

Tusk wasn't a "highly popular FM record". It sold millions, but was deemed a failure at the time. So, even though no one accepted his experimental music as part of FM, Lindsey forged ahead and produced even more weird music for his first solo record which would have a much smaller audience than FM did.

Trouble was certainly designed for commercial success, but the rest of the album -- not so much. And, given Tusk's performance, Lindsey had to know that more of same would doom Law and Order, but he didn't change the recipe.

As for Go Insane, if he wanted to use FM to launch that album, I think he would have stayed with the band through the Tango tour, raked in the money, let everyone see him, as he traveled around the country, keeping his identity in their minds, and then sprung his solo album on them. Instead he left FM, didn't maximize that band exposure, waited a couple of years before releasing a solo album, and then didn't tour on that solo album. However, I understand your argument that he didn't do any of that because he didn't really know how to do it. Thus, proving your point.

Michele