i've really been thinking hard on this one and i have top agree with Pedestrian
at first i went through the 600 side projects of Ministry....all are great but none are as good as Ministry
ironically i am listening for the first time to David Yow's solo album....and i don't think it is comparable to anything he has ever done
i agree that the Go-Gos put out better albums than any of them on their own....Beauty and The Beat still gets constant play in these ears
i think the only thing that really comes close for me at least is that i enjoy all of the Nico albums over any of the Velvet Underground albums....but then she was never really a band member so it doesn't really count i suppose
what about Micheal Jackson....surly all of his solo albums are considered better than the Jackson 5 bubblegum pop stuff