Artists On Second Projects/Side Projects

[Eruption]

Have you ever thought about a music artist's side or second project being better than what their career is mainly based on or what they're most famous for?

Outside of a certain few genres, most artists are obviously just involved in one band or they're just solo.

In case I'm not getting what I mean, some examples would be -
Damon Albarn (Blur first project, Gorillaz could be considered as a side or second project given how Blur haven't done much since the inception of Gorillaz)
Green Day (side projects like foxboro hot tubs/the network)
Gallagher Brothers (NG's High Flying Birds and Beady Eye after Oasis broke up ofc)
Sonny Moore (Obviously Skrillex considered his main project but he was previously in From First To Last and minor solo career outside of each)
Maybe even the Farro brothers...

Anyway, the point is have you ever went against the norm in terms of like an artist's project?

For me, I personally prefer Wings over The Beatles which would tend to be a massive shock for a lot of people. The more I listen to High Flying Birds, I begin to prefer them over Oasis too.

 

[Mr Cat Dog]

I much prefer Gnarls Barkley over anything done by Cee-Lo or Danger Mouse as individuals. Well, except 'F*** You', but that's just great. Together they have this dynamic energy that comes through in the music they create; individually they're both good, but a certain something seems to be missing from both of them.

 

[-Jared-]

Other than Gorillaz (which I had no idea was a side project 0_o) the only side project i have heard that I know of is Fort Minor, which I believe is ran by Mike Shinoda from Linkin Park (?) and I like most of their stuff more than Linkin Park's. xD

 

[Alec Empire]

I like quite a few side projects.
Treasure Fingers(Ashley Jones' Funky House side project from Evol Intent)
The Tuss(Aphex Twin's Acid Techno side project)
Knife Party(Pendulum's Drumstep, Dubstep and Electro House side project)
Prurient(side project of Cold Cave)