10 Rock Bands That Had A Really Shaky Start

At the end of the '60s, it was no easy task for Paul McCartney to continue on as a solo artist. After all, since you were part of dissolving one of the biggest rock groups in the world, you're not just going to fall back into past glory right out of the gate. Even though many might have expected things to be shaky, this was a lot nuttier than most were expecting.

Coming out with some decent singles right out of the gate like Maybe I'm Amazed and Another Day, the solo output of McCartney was initially lukewarm to say the least. Across his proper solo debut, most of the songs feel half-baked, either being first drafts or straight up experimental tracks. Some of the songs didn't even have proper choruses, instead just filled with melody lines from Paul.

Even the beginnings of his initial band Wings were off to a rough start as well with Wild Life. Though the prospect of working with someone like Denny Laine may have been interesting at the time, most of the record was full of freeform jams rather than fleshed out songs. This was just the beginning though, as Paul would eventually come back to the top of the charts off the strength of records like Jet and Live and Let Die. If stuff like Band on the Run hadn't come along though, many were suspecting that the Cute Beatle had really lost his way.