There’s certain musical arguments that will simply rage on forever. Who’s better? The Beatles or The Rolling Stones? There’s no definitive answer and it’s a matter of personal taste, but there was that thing that time in a bar and you and your best friend haven’t spoken since.

It’s alright, we understand. One particular argument that rages constantly around the Tone Deaf office is musos’ original bands vs their side projects. It’s been the source of more than a little anxiety amongst us Tone Deaf-ers and it’s likely the conflict will never be resolved.

There are, however, a few that we agree on and we’ve gone ahead and compiled a list of 12 side projects that we think are better than the artist’s primary band. Feel free to debate these amongst yourselves, just don’t get into a stapler fight – nobody ever wins.

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