Author Topic: Bands that have changed a lot throughout their career (musically speaking) (Read 2810 times)

wolfking · « **Reply #35 on:** November 19, 2018, 04:25:31 PM »

Yeah wow, Rush is an obvious one we definitely missed.

bosk1 · « **Reply #36 on:** November 19, 2018, 04:28:53 PM »

I don't think Rush really qualify. They didn't really genre hop, even though their sound evolved. It was always basically hard rock, with some varying progressive elements.

I was going to say something similar in response to Adami's post. WT changed, but they never really departed much from their symphonic metal core.

wolfking · « **Reply #37 on:** November 19, 2018, 04:36:23 PM »

Quote from: bosk1 on November 19, 2018, 04:28:53 PM

I don't think Rush really qualify. They didn't really genre hop, even though their sound evolved. It was always basically hard rock, with some varying progressive elements.

I was going to say something similar in response to Adami's post. WT changed, but they never really departed much from their symphonic metal core.

I don't know, I think they changed their sound enough from the 70's to the mid 80's to qualify. Maybe not as much as others mentioned though perhaps.

ProfessorPeart · « **Reply #38 on:** November 19, 2018, 04:39:26 PM »

I thought about Rush but wasn't really sure either. I have some others that I kind of feel could fit but don't really know.

The likes of Voivod and Killing Joke come to mind. Heck, Marillion went from a great prog band to playing sleepy time lullaby muzak.

Then you have bands that have gone off script for a while only to circle back. Yes comes to mind there with the Rabin years.

I'm slipping into OCD and over-analyzing things now.

Oh, Incubus. Similar to Marillion. Everything since Crow puts me to sleep. They went from crazy funk metal to rock to pop to zzzzzzzzzzzzz.

Another, Savatage.

KevShmev · « **Reply #39 on:** November 19, 2018, 04:41:07 PM »

Rush is a really good example.

That said, DragonAttack had it right when he said The Beatles, who were the first, and most obvious, band I thought of when I saw this thread.

XTC would also have to be near the top.

Zantera · « **Reply #40 on:** November 19, 2018, 05:12:52 PM »

Quote from: Cool Chris on November 19, 2018, 03:38:16 PM

I have honestly seen the word Ulver more times in this single thread than in any other place in my life combined. Who is this Ulver? is it Mulva's brother?

Ulver is a norwegian band who started off as a black metal band, then went through acoustic folk, went through an experimental avant-garde phase, then made electronic music, dabbed in some classical, then had a bit of an art rock period and their last album was like a Synthpop/new wave album. They've tried many different styles with good success and unlike some bands that fail cause of changing styles, Ulver has kinda managed to succeed despite of it.

Adami · « **Reply #41 on:** November 19, 2018, 05:35:53 PM »

Spinal Tap.

From Listen to the Flower People, to Smell the Glove?

Almost a different band, I tell ya.

NoseofNicko · « **Reply #42 on:** November 19, 2018, 06:00:40 PM »

Swans

nattmorker · « **Reply #43 on:** November 19, 2018, 07:19:07 PM »

I agree about Dark Moor (I really love that run from "Tarot" to "Ars Musica").

I would say that Opeth, although I think they only have only really drastic change (from Watershed to Heritage).

I'm intrigued about this Ulver band, I will check it out.

Stadler · « **Reply #44 on:** November 19, 2018, 07:38:10 PM »

Scorpions.

Whitesnake

The Rolling Stones

The Kinks

Elvis Presley

SoundscapeMN · « **Reply #45 on:** November 19, 2018, 08:15:41 PM »

King Crimson

Individual Musicians?
Frank Zappa
Pat Metheny
David Bowie
Prince
Steven Wilson

twosuitsluke · « **Reply #46 on:** November 20, 2018, 05:08:24 AM »

Corrosion of Conformity fit the bill here too. They went from a hard-core punk band to a stoner/southern/blues metal band

erwinrafael · « **Reply #47 on:** November 20, 2018, 05:28:40 AM »

Queen is one of the best examples.

Indiscipline · « **Reply #48 on:** November 20, 2018, 05:57:59 AM »

Has anybody mentioned Pink Floyd?

TAC · « **Reply #49 on:** November 20, 2018, 05:59:19 AM »

Yeah, they went from boring to boring, and then back to boring.

Fritzinger · « **Reply #50 on:** November 20, 2018, 06:00:48 AM »

I'm surprised Genesis has not been mentioned yet.

RoeDent · « **Reply #51 on:** November 20, 2018, 06:00:50 AM »

Pendragon really changed their sound after 2001's Not Of This World, going from being a keyboard-dominated neo-prog band to turning up the guitars and going almost prog-metal. I think they toned that back ever so slightly on Men Who Climb Mountains.

Kwyjibo · « **Reply #52 on:** November 20, 2018, 06:09:22 AM »

Quote from: Fritzinger on November 20, 2018, 06:00:48 AM

I'm surprised Genesis has not been mentioned yet.

yes and YES (pun intended)

also

U2
Level 42
Dire Straits

and, sadly

Queensryche

dparrott · « **Reply #53 on:** November 20, 2018, 08:12:44 AM »

Blur. Nearly every album is different from the previous one.

Ruba · « **Reply #54 on:** November 28, 2018, 04:29:11 AM »

Well, Ministry was mentioned already. Their career basically goes: new wave (first recordings)-synthpop (With Sympathy)-EBM (Twitch)-industrial (The Land of Rape and Honey)-industrial metal (The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste, Psalm 69)-sludge metal (Filth Pig)-industrial metal (Dark Side of the Spoon, Animositisomina)-industrial thrash metal (post-Paul Barker).

Also Nine Inch Nails. Like with Radiohead, their every album sounds different than the last one.

MirrorMask · « **Reply #55 on:** November 28, 2018, 04:36:28 AM »

How about Alice Cooper? aside from the fact that it turned from a band into a solo adventure, sure, the general vibe is always the same, but he went through many styles.Hard rock, the weird stuff of the '80s, the hair metal of the late '80s - early '90s, two very heavy albums at the turn of the millennium and then a jump back into hard rock, and so on.

ReaperKK · « **Reply #56 on:** November 28, 2018, 04:57:28 AM »

Pretty much every band I could think of has been mentioned in this thread. I guess I could also add dredg to the list but only if you listen to their first two unreleased ep's.

Darkstarshades · « **Reply #57 on:** December 05, 2018, 09:09:02 PM »

I have now heard the new album.
Jesus christ, you can't grow fond of an album's sound because they're going to change it in the next one

Adami · « **Reply #58 on:** December 05, 2018, 09:32:45 PM »

Quote from: Darkstarshades on December 05, 2018, 09:09:02 PM

I have now heard the new album.
Jesus christ, you can't grow fond of an album's sound because they're going to change it in the next one

Who?

Darkstarshades · « **Reply #59 on:** December 05, 2018, 09:49:24 PM »

Quote from: Adami on December 05, 2018, 09:32:45 PM

Quote from: Darkstarshades on December 05, 2018, 09:09:02 PM
I have now heard the new album.
Jesus christ, you can't grow fond of an album's sound because they're going to change it in the next one

Who?

Dark Moor's
I tho I had written it, my bad.

Adami · « **Reply #60 on:** December 05, 2018, 10:00:38 PM »

Quote from: Darkstarshades on December 05, 2018, 09:49:24 PM

Quote from: Adami on December 05, 2018, 09:32:45 PM
Quote from: Darkstarshades on December 05, 2018, 09:09:02 PM
I have now heard the new album.
Jesus christ, you can't grow fond of an album's sound because they're going to change it in the next one

Who?

Dark Moor's

Who?

Darkstarshades · « **Reply #61 on:** December 05, 2018, 10:04:17 PM »

Quote from: Adami on December 05, 2018, 10:00:38 PM

Quote from: Darkstarshades on December 05, 2018, 09:49:24 PM
Quote from: Adami on December 05, 2018, 09:32:45 PM
Quote from: Darkstarshades on December 05, 2018, 09:09:02 PM
I have now heard the new album.
Jesus christ, you can't grow fond of an album's sound because they're going to change it in the next one

Who?

Me

Who?

Me

nattmorker · « **Reply #62 on:** December 06, 2018, 09:00:07 AM »

Quote from: Darkstarshades on December 05, 2018, 09:49:24 PM

Quote from: Adami on December 05, 2018, 09:32:45 PM
Quote from: Darkstarshades on December 05, 2018, 09:09:02 PM
I have now heard the new album.
Jesus christ, you can't grow fond of an album's sound because they're going to change it in the next one

Who?

Dark Moor's
I tho I had written it, my bad.

I haven't heard the last album yet, did you like it?

Darkstarshades · « **Reply #63 on:** December 06, 2018, 09:11:42 AM »

I did like it, it's just... so anti Dark Moor
Like they said "Oh you thought Project X was a big change, well fuck you, we'll give you even greater"

News: Track-by-track video for Fall Into the Light: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ezfzdMpRc0

Author Topic: Bands that have changed a lot throughout their career (musically speaking) (Read 2810 times)