Before the fame arrived, what did performers do to make ends meet?
Name & Band | Former Career | Comments & Submittor Name | ||
Sheryl Crow, Sheryl Crow | Music teacher | This was even before she was a backup singer for Michael Jackson. - Martha Hankins | ||
Simon & Garfunkel, Art Garfunkel | math teacher, carpenter | I bet the students had fun with his name. - Amy | ||
Slipknot, Corey Taylor | P**n shop worker | EWW!!! - Glenn rousseau | ||
Small Faces, Rod Stewart | Gravedigger | Highgate cemetary. Rod also considered a career in sports (either soccer or rugby), but decided he couldn't do that while drunk. - Tim Kramar | ||
Smashing Pumpkins, Jimmy Chamberlin | Construction worker | Had a job building custom homes with his brother-in-law, after he left the band JP and the Cats. After his stint in construction, he joined the Smashing Pumpkins - Ra'akone | ||
Smashing Pumpkins, Billy Corgan | worked at a records store | While there, he met future bandmate James Iha. - Ra'akone | ||
Social Distortion, Mike Ness | Adult Film Store Employee | Yeah... - G | ||
Solo singer, Trace Adkins | Oil drill platform worker | Before becoming a big country music star, at one time Trace worked on an oil drilling platform out in the Gulf of Mexico. - Edward | ||
Spice Girls, Emma Bunton | Acting | She did some tv-acting before becoming famous as a singer. - mads. | ||
Split Enz, Neil Finn | Worked in a record store and a hospital before the phonecall. | - dizrythmia | ||
Split Enz, Tim Finn and Eddie Rayner | At one stage they worked in a lolly factory and were always white when they left due to the icing su | - dizrythmia | ||
Split Enz/ Crowded House, Neil Finn | He used to play the piano and ukelie in a sailor suit. | - i lurve the enz | ||
Sting, Sting | Bus Conducter | Got this tidbit from Ripley's Believe it or Not. - Hank |
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