Buffalo Springfield actually had 5 memebers go solo and have successful careers. Three of them were very successful. Neil Young, Stephen Stills and David Crosby. Two other members (Furay, Messina) formed Poco, who I liked even more than the Eagles. Messina also went on to form the highly successful Loggins & Messina. If you compare the original members careers of Buffalo Springfield to the Eagles it isn't even close. Buffalo easily wins. It's too bad that some of the members of this super group were so egotistic, or else if they had stayed together they would have certainly been considered the best American band ever...
Ringo and Harrison were very marginal.
Ok you make a good case. Seems like they had some of the same internal ego problems the eagles had. Maybe sometimes having too much talent is a bad thing. It's well documented that all the members of the eagles hate each other due to ego. That has hurt the eagles from being even a bigger band then they are.
They were definitley two very different bands. So I understand your point. Chop, don't get me wrong on the Eagles. I think they were a great band. I loved their music. I wore out two 8 track tapes of On The Border when I was a kid. I just think other than Henley, the original members of that band weren't all that successful (or great) when they splintered off in solo careers.
Ringo and Harrison was nothing without Paul and John. Paul and John carried the Beatles.
All of them
