Top 10 Musicians That FAILED to Make A Comeback

[@WatchMojo]

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[@roevancabahug1613]

Mariah carey

[@nemofan111]

I love Geri Halliwell and the Spice Girls, it’s unfortunate Geri’s solo career didn’t take off but Melanie C’s solo work is criminally underrated in my opinion

[@Blumoon_vii]

Geri music is much better than Melanie c Melanie only has 1 good album. The rest of her music isn't that good. Geri has us 3 good albums and but the problem with Geri is that she never toured

[@jadepixie2719]

Actually Geri did have a successful solo career in the late 90s and early 2000s mainly in the Uk of course and I do agree Melanie C solo career is underrated.

[@djwalkerfemaledj]

@@jadepixie2719 YES GERI HALLIWELL HAS SOME HIT SONGS WHEN SHE FIRST WENT SOLO

[@werthmelissa]

Oh yeah! Melanie C did a song with TLC's the late Lisa 'Left Eye' Lopes called Never Been The Same Again which is so criminally underrated too.

[@Shazeen82]

When os she considered as musician...celebrity not musician....

[@VicGeorge2K6]

The Doors just wasn't the Doors without Jim Morrison.

[@vanessastegall]

I agree!

[@HailAnts]

Thank god.. 😒

[@jadepixie2719]

That’s true, there’s only one Jim Morrison.

[@manueltapia1859]

The same aplies with Stone Temple Pilots without Scott Weiland

[@mathewerenberger7275]

More appropriate, Jim Morrison was the doors. Only reason I've ever listened to them was him the instruments I couldn't care less for ever. That voice though absolutely legendary

[@BillyTwoSquirrels]

Not sure Pink Floyd should be on this list. The last Floyd album with Waters - The Final Cut - sold about 3.5 million copies. Division Bell was around 10 million and A Momentary Lapse of Reason was close to 6 million. Plus they had one of the highest grossing tours of 1987 and then again in 1994. Seems like a pretty solid comeback to me.

[@garrett4575]

Couldn't agree more. TFC was mediocre with a few excellent tracks (Gunners Dream, Fletcher Memorial Home, Not Now John). MLOR was decent, Division Bell was an underrated gem, a huge step up, best since the Wall, if not better. Yes, it was a success despite what critics and fans say.

[@nickk6518]

@@garrett4575 Also, The Final Cut was really nothing more than a solo album by Roger Waters with contributions from David Gilmour and, even less, Nick Mason and partly using unused material from The Wall. Richard Wright had already been forced out of the band by Waters. My own opinion is that Pink Floyd evolved and A Momentary Lapse of Reason and the Division Bell seem far more optimistic than the doom and gloom of Roger Waters' material.

[@BillyTwoSquirrels]

@@nickk6518 100% agree with that. It was truly a Waters solo album. I've listened to it many times over the years and I like it, but not in the same way I connected with other Floyd albums. And definitely the songwriting took a turn in the post-Waters albums but they were solid albums although not in the same style as previous work.

[@jesusrueda4853]

Sometimes numbers doesn't mean artistically... Like style over substance

[@BillyTwoSquirrels]

@@jesusrueda4853 No one is arguing the merits of the post-Waters albums. They don't hold up against Floyd's best work. But fans bought those records and attended the tours in huge numbers. So .......... to call it a failed comeback simply isn't accurate.

[@oscarleonardocruzgarcia6453]

What about INXS, after Michael Hutchence died the remaining members try to replace him with a new singer in a contest they produced and released an album with him but it flopped with the critics and fans alike

[@mikememine1423]

Someone told me Pink Floyd's "Momentary Lapse" album wasn't that good, I said Floyd's worst is better than most bands best... I stand by that

[@jotheunissen9274]

Number 1, MOZART He never stopped making amazing music until he died

[@mrsx7944]

Are you being sarcastic?

[@jotheunissen9274]

@@mrsx7944 No, completely serious Man was a musical genius

[@mrsx7944]

@@jotheunissen9274 yes he was. But he wasn't trying for a comeback when he died

[@KainedbutAble123]

Led Zep reformed in London in 2007 and it was a huge success.

[@sjkim9843]

Totally agree

[@KG-Lime]

Celebration Day was awesome and everything I had dreamt to be.

[@fredfirth3834]

And Led Zeppelin were not making a comeback, they were doing one-off shows.

[@DesertRat332]

@@fredfirth3834 Yes! Jimmy Page said they hadn't even practiced for Live Aid. They just did it "cold".

[@booch2912]

When you have hits that are still relevant today as they were when released theres no need for a "comeback" because you never left.

[@PHSDM104]

This!!! ☝️

[@corymorimacori1059]

“My worst song is better than your best tv show.” Stevie Wonder

[@slystone4892]

He never said that.

[@corymorimacori1059]

@@slystone4892 in erb he did

[@slystone4892]

@@corymorimacori1059 false

[@corymorimacori1059]

@@slystone4892 no he did. Watch erb Wonder Woman vs Stevie Wonder. Check it if you don’t believe me. Epic rap battles of history

[@slystone4892]

@@corymorimacori1059 Ahahaha well then you’re kind of right

[@BlenderStudy]

Thank you for the update, WatchMojo..!! Back in 1990, 'Ice Ice Baby' was huge. A lot of my friends had 'Vanilla Ice on sports bike' posters in their rooms back then. I think that poster was from a movie called 'Cool as ice'.

[@hippomancy]

pink Floyd's "failure" still charted and sold better than any of these other "comebacks"- combined. yes, a misstep, but still a success

[@1rhpsfan]

Let's not forget that it outsold former bandmate Roger Waters' "Pros And Cons Of Hitchhiking". Replace it with "Soberish" by Liz Phair. (Proof positive that "Funstyle"* was cursed.) *Not her self-titled album.

[@timothyivey5497]

No one said it wasn't a success.

[@anthonykrause8052]

I mean The Smashing Pumpkins are on a comeback right now and it’s going pretty well if you ask me.

[@kevinlewis808]

I couldn't disagree more about PinkFloyd.

[@stormylukasavage3494]

Who? Has-been gonna has-been

[@samandcarlie]

Yes, Momentary Lapse of Reason and The Division Bell are amazing albums.

[@the0ne809]

Idk if Waters have always been a nutjob but he definitely is now. Lol

[@Claymore84517]

I'm with you on that. The division bell was a great album.

[@baraldogrant]

​@@stormylukasavage3494hmm

[@Daeduluus]

Momentary Lapse of Reason was an awesome album

[@jacobpatrickpoulsen6608]

Yes it was and "The Division Bell" album was also an great album.

[@AlricRavensinger]

Floyd without Roger was different but David still held it together with Momentary Lapse of Reason and the Division Bell. Granted the Endless River was the album no one needed despite it being a sentimental "swan song" for Rick Wright (of which I respect him for). However, David's solo work is still amazing and he sold out when he did Live at the Royal Albert Hall, Live in Gdansk, and Live in Pompeii.

[@DaveL2033]

Did he go back to Pompeii?

[@AlricRavensinger]

@@DaveL2033 Yes, believe it was 2017 but he did. Look it up on here I own the live album. It's amazing. Just type David Gilmour Live in Pompeii

[@DaveL2033]

@@AlricRavensinger I thought Floyd were banned from there lol. I'll check it out, thanks :)

[@DarttheLegend]

A Momentary Lapse of Reason is a top 5 Pink Floyd album

[@NITE_SHIFTING]

Learning To Fly is a great song.

[@craigharrell7144]

So...the critics don't care for post Waters Floyd and it's a failed comeback? I think two No. 1 albums and massively successful tours constitute a comeback.

[@Louisejames23]

Three number 1 albums if you include Pulse.

[@DarttheLegend]

Zeitgeist is an incredible album

[@samandcarlie]

The Pink Floyd albums without Waters were amazing. Gilmour is and always will be King of the Bends. He can do more with one note than 90% of artist out there. And Limp Bizkit is having a great tour right now. Watchmojo is so stupid.

[@davidcurry332]

Oh Bro a Bro Limp Bizkit never died I’m waiting for them to go on to record again but I don’t know when I’m ever going to see him a big Limp Bizkit corner fan I’m offenses since high school to court friends never been the first band never been dead they just had their own problems you know Westmoreland he here he dealt with with depression and substance abuse fried went through some stuff look at all the guys from corn do there you know I mean James Hetfield I like Metallica I’m not a big Robert Robert trio fan I’m more of a like Cliff Burton and Jason Newstead but I mean used equipment off because of arthritis in his hands I got it in my hands and back but I don’t know the musician like him and as far as James Hetfield man he’s cause he still struggling with with substance problem so I haven’t heard much of the new album but you know I mean as far as I’m afraid Limp Bizkit still rock alive and rock and I love their saw a dead ball that’s an awesome freaking Saunder they’re not they’re not gone yet it’s just the haters and the people like you know I’m sorry to say but ICP is is one band that’s jealous of Limp Bizkit cause they still got a fence they got haters and they got fans ICP you know I’m sorry dude not to be disrespectful man but you know they got problems they hate on everybody from slipknot the heat on Eminem the heat up Marilyn Manson Rob Zombie they they said stuff about other hip-hop rappers that they’re just the ones that are posers but there’s always haters and all kinds of music and stuff

[@steves2754]

You say that Kiss's comeback album was 'well received, ' opened with 'huge chart success' and 'critical praise' and yet you still have them on your list as a fail. They sold a quarter of a million records with this album and made incredible music, and this was a FAIL?

[@yoshifrazzled7628]

Fail compared to old them

[@akfreed6949]

KISS made a comeback album ?

[@TheFrankenstein1972]

​@@akfreed6949 The only comeback album that KISS made was Psycho Circus in 1998 that featured the original line-up in nearly 20 years which found a commercial success which then led to a, "Farewell Tour" of the original 4 of KISS. Sonic Boom and Monster were albums that featured the current group that are out on the, "End Of The Road Tour".

[@bigbeauf_____3167]

They're was a WWE superstar named Johnny Morrison that looked just like John Morrison.

[@drewxiii]

This list is probably one of the most debatable WatchMojo videos ive ever had a personal problem with Well done 👏🏽

[@benjicarey5870]

Geri Halliwell’s first two albums were huge in uk & Europe

[@ChrisM-fz6xx]

I agree that Pink Floyd certainly weren't the same after Roger Waters left but Momentary Lapse of Reason and Division Bell were Masterpieces . High Hopes is the best Song David Gilmour ever wrote and his steel Guitar work is the best guitar you will ever hear . The Live Album Pulse is the best Live Album and DVD you will ever see and hear .2 hours of Musical Utopia .Failure? Not even cllose .

[@samandcarlie]

Couldn’t agree more. High hopes is a masterpiece.

[@christophermartin7973]

Yes for sure while the style and sound were different without Roger Waters Watch Mojo played two of my favourite Pink Floyd songs.

[@TanJulia]

They may be good but not many know them

[@mccallosone4903]

word

[@turbogeek.421]

No matter how much he wants it, Guns and Roses was more than just Axl Rose!

[@leeherpy8401]

Limp Bizkit is actually making a huge comeback right now selling out tours. So. Also, Pink Floyd? Amateurs

[@grayj7441]

Division Bell is a perfect album.

[@ShanaKendle]

Momentary Lapse is a cult favorite Floyd album,,, Im not alone on this and have to say I disagree with it being on this chart ,, based on sales or not.

[@Mr.Napalm]

Strongly disagree about the pumpkins

[@cormacthem8406]

Smashing Pumkins discography is pretty solid. If they’re not embraced by the mainstream it’s their loss.✌️

[@squarebarrel]

Not to mention ATUM is phenomenal so far and the singles are doing the best they’ve done since Mellon Collie.

[@manueltapia1859]

Still can't believe they were overshadowed by Limp Bizkit, I mean Machina the Machines of God 2000, was a good album because Jimmy Chamberlain returned!!!

[@werthmelissa]

WOW! I didn't see any of these coming!

[@mikryan6567]

Ginger spice was my first crush

[@dychrisshandonsmith1242]

Keep it up on your work and this video and channel I ❤️ this video and channel Thanks you for your video and channel Love yourself first and most Believe in yourself Quitters never win and winners never quit Don't give up and never give in Ignore those who try to discourage you Hang on to your dreams Take care of yourself Take control of own destiny Keep moving forward Stay strong Stand up for yourself Stand tall and be brave Speak up for yourself Stay positive Be yourself Be grateful Act of kindness people

[@chrisbee9643]

To me Gold Cobra was a success... I loved it!

[@davidcurry332]

Gold 🐍 cobras The S$&:T !

[@chrisbee9643]

09:40 greatest message and video from a song since Genesis' "Land of Confussion"! And of the greatest riffs ever done by Wes Borland!!! Its just nobody gets it though...

[@derrygowley]

Spice girls brought out new music, holler was a minor hit but fizzled out

[@derrygowley]

Nick carter JC chazez both from boybands never got anywhere

[@tiffprendergast]

Nick had music out

[@greatdaneacdc]

Pink Floyd is either in your Body rock or sound track /background music ! That’s all of it as Single or Group recordings 💓There’s only strong and stronger!

[@bluesman9832]

I am rather confused why Pink Floyd is on this list. Division Bell and the live album Pulse were rather successful and some of their best.

[@yudhabagaskara98]

Dishonorable mentions: INXS - Switch (2005) Eagles - Long Road Out Of Eden (2007)

[@renegademaster1287]

Limp Bizkit is Back!

[@denislavdochev3783]

Honorable mention - Jesy Nelson

[@JimsRockShots]

The funny thing is "A Momentary Lapse of Reason" and "The Division Bell: are 2 of Pink Floyd's best albums.

[@millerhxc]

Hard To Swallow is the best thing Vanilla Ice ever did. I proudly own that album. I eagerly looked for it at record stores as I heard it had supposedly been released. I finally found it at a Virgin Megastore for...quite a lot of money. It's an underrated nu-metal album and I still tell everyone I know about it.

[@millerhxc]

@Bong Jesus Well he had help from the best on Hard To Swallow so it came out really well.

[@BlackHatCinephile]

Wow, that's complete disinfo about Pink Floyd. The breakup only proved that Gilmour could Floyd without Waters, but Waters can't Floyd without Gilmour. Since Gilmour joined the band, the Pink Floyd sound was always the David Gilmour sound. Waters was just the words, and his last album with Floyd was basically a repeat of The Wall, without the other members, and it sucked. As a writer, Waters was stuck on telling the life story of a rock star, just like The Wall already did. Meanwhile, Gilmour and crew got bigger than ever, and kept playing till they got too old.

[@stingrey1571]

i remember i bought zeitgeist. as i was driving. i pressed eject and threw the cd out the window.

[@bobgunter9608]

Van Halen three should’ve definitely been on this list

[@akfreed6949]

VH3 sold better than anything Captain Candyass Scammy Hagar ever made since he quit , AND HE DID QUIT . He said so himself he'd be lucky to make a gold album .

[@joseescobar5689]

Zeitgeist is an amazing smashing pumpkins album

[@mattpyfe]

Putting Pink Floyd on this list is a joke, seriously. Lapse of Reason sold more than Final Cut and the tour and follow-up(Division Bell) were very successful. So that IS the essential comeback!. And critics are constantly wrong anyways. And Vanilla Ice? One hit wonder tried to change the ONE thing he was known for and it sunk faster than the Titanic.

[@jedhawkins1769]

Although An American Prayer by The Doors was a great spoken word album with recorded poetry left over by Jim Morrison. And Led Zeppelin made up for their reunion failures in 2007 with John's son playing the drums, Jason Bonham.

[@isaacmontoya9636]

You can’t go wrong with the Limp though, crowds of people still attend their shows and their new album is not half bad

[@jorger5777]

Guns N Roses are still great live and haven't stopped touring. Is that a failure?

[@kzarkage]

Do you fight to regain your former glory or do you lay down and die with dignity

[@phillipwaynechristoffersen28]

I wonder why Vanilla Ice had such a huge song and that was it. I personally don't know another Vanilla Ice song besides that one. I don't know much about him to really know but I was always curious why that was his only big song.

[@gaganmalhotra9495]

Chinese democracy is a very good album! There are a few gems in there!

[@kevindobson3701]

What about INXS with Switch ?

[@ashtontk-rw7mo]

Milli Vanilli and The Real Milli Vanilli😂😂

[@rluv4evr]

Guns n Roses just did a tour, but didn't release an album to go with it.😁

[@manoftheusajones5147]

Such as the Man who did Gangdam Style?

[@yoshifrazzled7628]

Psy is a huge success in South Korea and Asia in general he's the God father of kpop. Even if you aren't a fan of that type of music he's still big to those that do

[@vaibanez17]

Pink Floyd? Gilmour has had lots of success without Waters. Two killer studio albums and a multi-platinum live album/video release Pulse are all you could ask for after a popular member left the band.

[@SoManyRandomRamblings]

What have we learned here today.....bands if you have an album DO NOT make it exclusive for only a particular corporation to sell.

[@Cdiddy150]

"A Momentary Lapse of Reason" is one of the Best Floyd albums of all time. You take it back.

[@TheWarmachine375]

Sometimes their attempted comeback can be a hit or a miss. Mostly miss.

[@marcjameswhelan]

No way !

[@kyletroxell63]

does kid rock count if he had one moderately successful comeback but several embarrassing attempts afterwards?

[@DaveL2033]

He attempted to shoot Bud Light and still messed it up 🤣

[@introvertsrock9843]

Feels like this list could be a LOT longer Or comebacks from artists who were big in each decade

[@DBZWii09]

speaking of Guns N Roses, LISTEN, DYK the guitarist Buckethead was on the Chinese Democracy album with the exception of two songs, BUT had writing credits for "Shackler's Revenge", "Scraped", and "Sorry"? now u do

[@mariatolis4529]

I saw vanilla ice back July but it was after Phillies Game.

[@oobrocks]

Led Zeppelin’s Unledded was Very successful

[@jenniebrogan3197]

I was going to mentioned Unledded/No Quarter’s success but it was without John Paul Jones.

[@oobrocks]

And John Bonhan

[@CarlosBehrens3D]

I can't with the Pink Floyd one. They made great albums with Gilmour, really successful tours and some of the best PF songs, like High Hopes. That's a good comeback in my opinion. Maybe I'm biased because I like Gilmour way more than Waters, but I think they did great without him.

[@jsmith3946]

Kiss made a album after Sonic boom called monster which did well

[@Rebelwithacause94]

It probably doesn’t mean much but I loved Justin Biebers somewhat comeback in 2015. He was going down a bad path for a few years there but when he came back and turned himself around I was so happy for him.

[@eldar68]

Just for the records, Waters left and the Pink Floyd continued on. There was no 'comeback', and there is absolutely nothing wrong with A Momentary Lapse of Reason. It is natural that the band without Waters sounded different, but labeling it a failure or even a comeback is nonsense.

[@lansesteiner3563]

Fergie No Doubt Shania Twain Madonna

[@drbluzer]

I have to say that of all of the bands who lost members , THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND stands out as the most prominent . They continued without slide guitarist DUANE ALLMAN and bassist BUTCH TRUCKS for many decades in the music industry .

[@ARIXANDRE]

Professionally, it's a disaster for a band to lose it's main singer.

[@TheAmarok87]

Toto, Van Halen, AC/DC, Marillion, Genesis, Faith No More and Deep Purple would disagree.

[@aboveaverageazzuen2684]

The Zeitgeist song sampled in this sounds like the B side of an early TOOL Album

[@ianloren-dc7bv]

A lot of these Acts were what I'd call "One Decade Wonders" which means when their starting decades ended,their careers ended.and didn't have the Creativity of A Madonna (until the 2020's) or a Duran Duran (after....I'd say 2012) all acts have a Falling off point in that a Younger public moves on or ignores them.

[@kirilvelinov7774]

Natsumi Abe(post-Morning Musume)

[@maloperverso8118]

Hillary Duff.... 😂

[@jadepixie2719]

I feel so bad for any musician who was once a top charter to being not as successful as they once were, but all these people shouldn’t worry they all have left behind amazing catalog of memorable music that still feels relevant and fresh to this day. They’re all are icon in their own right. My favourite was undoubtedly Geri both when she was in Spice girls and as solo artist their are so many songs that I liked from Geri to list and of course she’s a huge part of the Spice girls success, I also love Smashing pumpkins 🎃 “Today.” and “Bullet with butterfly 🦋 wings.” Billy has has a amazing attention grabbing unique voice, love the Doors especially with their signature song “light my fire 🔥.” And Guns and roses have a s**t loads of great songs and Axl’s voice is fantastic.

[@Louisejames23]

Thus proving the old saying correct… if bands were crap in their “heyday”, they’ll still be crap when they reform….

[@diamondartist1991]

«Sometimes the best thing to do… is to walk away.» And not come back again.

[@nathaneddings4678]

Led Zeppelin wasn't trying to make a comeback at Live Aid. It was merely a one off. In 2007 they played 02 Arena and it was awesome.

[@alonsoswife]

INXS 1997 Elegantly wasted

[@henriklarssoneurovisioncha6515]

I think Geri is fine , she will ALWAYS be an ICON for me and her with her husband have a networth of $90 millions plus the royalty she gets from the Spice Girls music all these years later .. She will be fine !!

[@C_Melvyn_James]

The Monkees 1987. I wouldn't call A Momentary Lapse by Floyd a failure. It had big radio play to the max, sold well globally. Just because some had criticisms of the band's abilities without Waters, doesn't mean it wasn't a respectable effort that was VERY valid.

[@HoustonBrown1963]

Seems like you forgot the whole Page and Plant tour and album in the mid nineties …

[@leonbowen6567]

In my opinion when it comes to music some replacements work and the band keeps moving and keep making good music but even if it's a band that makes it though tragedy you still never forget the original members Luke when Paul Grey of slipknot died I rode them off but even though loosing him sucked they kept going on to make better music and by the way it wasn't the same but I loved the song tarantula of that two original members record plus I saw themon Mellon collie tour cleanest sound I've ever heard it's like you put the record on and pushed play

[@henrynegro8397]

You're forgetting the one band that failed to make a comeback. Dokken. They still play clubs but they were huge I mean huge from 85-88

[@taperevolution3119]

Pretty much every glam metal band outside a few exceptions like Motley Crue and Def Leppard are playing small clubs. Glam is my favourite genre of music and most of the bands like Kix and Vixen are out playing fairs and small capacity clubs.

[@andrewpappas9311]

I thought Zeitgeist was a good album, songs like Tarantula, Doomsday Clock and United States are awesome and some of the Pumpkins' best songs and their albums after that were also good (not really sure why WM didn't even play any music from that album since the one they chose was one of their newer songs, but whatever). Also I'm not really sure if Momentary Lapse of Reason is the right pick for Pink Floyd since both that one and Division Bell are two of their best albums and I think that The Endless River would've been more appropriate

[@rmannayr2129]

KISS ACTUALLY MADE A COMEBACK!

[@EtonDG]

The division bell is literally one of Pink Floyd’s best albums

[@NK22222]

Vanilla ice was a one hit wonder

[@vanessastegall]

Is a one hit wonder. He’s notable now for house flipping.

[@iWillHumbleYou]

Fun fact: Vanilla Ice was signed to Insane Clown Posse's label

[@mattalan6618]

@@vanessastegall 2 hit. he had a hit with Ninja Rap from Secret of the Ooze

[@anthonydaniel1727]

I am not a Robbie Van Winkle fan, but he did chart two albums and 9 singles, which puts him 8 over being a ONE HIT wonder - the only wonder here is your math skills

[@vanessastegall]

@@mattalan6618 ah.

[@JamieMurphy25]

Let's not forget Geri Halliwell is now married to Christian Horner, the team principal to Red Bull's F1 team.

[@mattalan6618]

you say that like everyone is supposed to know that or care. well a lot of people (including myself) do not care nor want to

[@sharenread8677]

He is a Real Estate Agent and has a channel on H.G.T.V.

[@erich84502b]

Some will die before their second act

[@65Toronto65]

I'm sorry but even though Pink Floyd sounded a different I still think they sounded great

[@rogermansour6085]

Even though I'm not a fan 2023 KISS is still huge