[titan9]

Stapp obviously could have done better than tour with INXS. But I don't think there's anything wrong with that. Plenty of artists/bands open for lesser known artists/bands on smaller scale tours. Stapp did the whole solo headliner intimate venue thing and had a good deal of success with that. I'm thinking that as he gets more established as a solo artist, he'll have even more success touring solo.

Honestly, I think both second albums(from Stapp and AB) will do much, much better. Both Stapp and AB are bound to get more airplay which, of course, usually translates to more record sales and more success. Stapp will probably do best on pop radio(and it pains me to say that....but I don't know if rock stations will be willing to play Stapp...they didn't play much Creed after the ultra-commercial album that was Weathered) and AB will probably do best on rock radio. Ideally, though, I'd like to see them both get rock radio airplay.