Artist	Song
Electric Light Orchestra (The Move)	Do Ya Want My Love
Public Image Ltd. (Sex Pistols)	Public Image
Magazine (Buzzcocks)	About The Weather
Style Council (The Jam)	My Ever Changing Moods
Fine Young Cannibals (English Beat)	Johnny Come Home
Big Audio Dynamite (The Clash)	The Bottom Line
Tones on Tail (Bauhaus)	Lions
Yaz (Depeche Mode)	Move out
New Order (Joy Division)	Age Of Consent
Shriekback (XTC, Gang of Four)	My Spine Is The Bassline
Heaven 17 (Human League, via BEF)	We Live So Fast
Psychic TV (Throbbing Gristle)	Godstar
That Petrol Emotion (Undertones)	Can't Stop
Breeders (Pixies)	Divine Hammer
Porno for Pyros (Jane's Addiction)	Tahitian Moon
Le Tigre (Bikini Kill)	Slideshow at Free University
Fun Boy Three (Specials)	It Ain't What You Do_(It's The Way That You Do It)

Comment:

Who says you don't get a second chance? Here's selection of songs by some of my favorite musical second acts -- new bands founded by refugees from older bands, some of which went on to greater glory than the first acts. (The older bands are listed in parentheses.) The stories behind these second acts vary tremendously; some of the older bands survived, some didn't. Some of the new bands are "supergroups" of sorts, others new ventures started up after the prime mover(s) behind the older band dissolved them and moved on. In the case of Yaz, many were mre surprised by the survival of Depeche Mode than by the success of Vince Clarke's new venture. In the case of the Breeders, Kim Deal proved without a doubt that Gigantic had not been a fluke. Some of these second acts went on to have second acts of their own -- eg, Tones of Tail led to Love and Rockets. (Trainspotters will notice that the ELO song here is in fact a cover of a song by ... The Move.) The crappy CD cover here is a highly photoshopped puppet theater.

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