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Ongoing History Daily: Life after a music career, part 1

Most music careers don’t last that long, so for many artists, they have to find something else to do for a living.

Steve-O, the longtime drummer for Sum 41 worked as a real estate agent in Palm Springs for a while.

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Carla Harvey was a member of a band called Butcher Babies. She quit to become a mortician.

And one of the most interesting post-music careers is that of Jason Everman. He briefly played guitar in both Nirvana and Soundgarden before dropping out of music entirely, enlisting in the army, and becoming a member of the Special Forces in places like Afghanistan. He also has a master’s degree in military history and a bachelor’s in philosophy. More next time.

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