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Subject: Bands that radically changed their sound over the years...
Written By: oingo_fan on 03/13/12 at 4:34 pm
Just responded to a post that got me thinking about the band Ministry. Any others bands you can think of that varied their sound so much?
Electro-pop Debut:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQmgByQUW_A
Industrial Sound:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUcQnl6zdkE&feature=related
Speed Metal:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5H4ng0LQtUY
Latest (2012) release:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eY50tO3AUgA
More power to 'em for keeping it alive but MAN what a change!
Subject: Re: Bands that radically changed their sound over the years...
Written By: danootaandme on 03/13/12 at 5:58 pm
Beatles....Meet the Beatles to The White Album
Subject: Re: Bands that radically changed their sound over the years...
Written By: gibbo on 03/14/12 at 2:06 am
The Doobies were forced to change as well (with the addition of Michael McDonald). Although they still sag their old songs as well....they had completely different sound (when McDonald was singing).
Subject: Re: Bands that radically changed their sound over the years...
Written By: Henk on 03/14/12 at 6:22 am
One (Dutch) band comes to mind. Not a band that had any success in US or UK, so you've probably never heard of them.
They started out as The Walkers, and this is them in 1971:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNmhScTs-fE
According to various websites, "There's No More Corn On The Brasos" was 'an international hit', selling more than 1 million copies. I've yet to find any evidence of this.
By 1981, following several changes in lineup, the band had changed their name to The Press...and they sounded like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oU3GHM_IttQ
Subject: Re: Bands that radically changed their sound over the years...
Written By: Howard on 03/14/12 at 6:42 am
Kool And The Gang changed their sound from funk to a rock edgy-electric guitar sound such in songs like
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XA3DOBY1BgY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1O8jsxj9Dqo&ob=av2e
plus they also changed their sound in the early to mid 90's as well.
Subject: Re: Bands that radically changed their sound over the years...
Written By: danootaandme on 03/14/12 at 8:20 am
Moody Blues
Subject: Re: Bands that radically changed their sound over the years...
Written By: MaxwellSmart on 03/14/12 at 7:48 pm
When the Human League split in 1980 Philip Oakey got to keep the name. Martyn Ware and Ian Craig Marsh formed Heaven 17 with singer Glenn Gregory. Both bands enjoyed commercial success and neither sounded like their roots.
THE HUMAN LEAGUE 1979
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAM0hpm3_Hk
THE HUMAN LEAGUE 1986
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_er72QbMpk
HEAVEN 17 1989
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gM_eDtVyVEI
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ULTRAVOX 1977 with John Foxx
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKt8gmstCno
ULTRAVOX 1982 with Midge Ure
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQ6UI_8h-YY
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TALK TALK 1982
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hHnOBlwU3A
TALK TALK 1991
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9HsGsB-MCM
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NEW ORDER 1981
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMZ3E6rWNd4
NEW ORDER 1993
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lg8d8KsU4HM
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THE SHAMEN 1987
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYY-wx3qe9U
THE SHAMEN 1995
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vn7lo00LjH4
Subject: Re: Bands that radically changed their sound over the years...
Written By: MaxwellSmart on 03/14/12 at 7:53 pm
Just responded to a post that got me thinking about the band Ministry. Any others bands you can think of that varied their sound so much?
More power to 'em for keeping it alive but MAN what a change!
Al's politics are right-on, but his music is terrible.
The only Ministry record that had any lasting influence on my musical tastes was "Twitch," and a lot of that comes from Adrian Sherwood's involvement.
Subject: Re: Bands that radically changed their sound over the years...
Written By: gumbypiz on 03/14/12 at 9:20 pm
Kind of an interesting topic…
The Cure – From dark, brooding, goth post-punk to giddy British pop (OK, they will always be sort of goth-like but they’ve had their extremes). From "A Forest"...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZwVgQ4Wq7E
...To “Friday I’m In Love” one of my most hated songs. 8-P
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYblUW5E6Lk
The Red Hot Chili Peppers – From straight ahead post 70’s George Clinton influenced California style funk.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-5F-f2O6vU
To just crappy Clearchannel sell-out pop. (And I do mean SELL-OUT in its most obvious definition). >:(
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtBbinpK5XI
Fishbone – Started out as a Ska themed band, fun stuff.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OuiuolN1r4
Then changed to…to…well, all over the place. Still good stuff though.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zICxh9kKZg
Other notable bands that changed from their post punk/alternative or new wave beginnings in the late 70’s/early 80’s to more of a pop sound in the 80’s (a bit more subtle though):
U2
The Police
INXS
Talking Heads
Elvis Costello (he thrived on changing up his sound)
Genesis (one of the most obvious ones)
Yes
B-52’s
Subject: Re: Bands that radically changed their sound over the years...
Written By: MaxwellSmart on 03/14/12 at 9:56 pm
PSYCHEDELIC FURS 1980
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Psychedelic_Furs_%28album%29
PSYCHEDELIC FURS 1987
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXfXTB7UcuU&ob=av2e
Subject: Re: Bands that radically changed their sound over the years...
Written By: c_keenan2001@hotmail.com on 03/17/12 at 12:17 am
Tears For Fears have changed their sound the most drastically. They went from 1983's The Hurting with their dark and "look at us we're just as f---ed up as you are" music
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To songs like Closest Thing To Heaven. Nothing wrong with them wanting to ditch the synthetic sounds mind you and not feeling the same way they did when they started out but it just doesn't sound like them.
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Subject: Re: Bands that radically changed their sound over the years...
Written By: MaxwellSmart on 03/17/12 at 6:30 pm
Of course, TFF had a much bigger budget for "Songs from the Big Chair" than for "The Hurting," which freed them to make the kind of album they really wanted. Talk Talk did the same thing. Once they could command more advance money, they brought in a raft of studio musicians. The thing is, in both cases, I liked the straight-ahead synth pop better!
Subject: Re: Bands that radically changed their sound over the years...
Written By: Howard on 03/17/12 at 7:28 pm
How about the 70's funk group Confunkshun? They had songs in the 70's with "Chase Me" and "Ffun" and then in the mid 80's with
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlX348PfECw
AND
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfEX-YrwIiM
Subject: Re: Bands that radically changed their sound over the years...
Written By: whistledog on 03/17/12 at 10:03 pm
Not really a band, but the first one that sprang to mind is Gino Vannelli. To keep up with the times, he dropped the adult oriented rock and switched to new wave, then took a crack at soft rock. One of the best transitions into various genres ...
Living Inside Myself (1981)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgxwZN49fLs
Black Cars (1985)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1m39piBT2vE
Wild Horses (1987)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zD77kyQYifc&
Subject: Re: Bands that radically changed their sound over the years...
Written By: c_keenan2001@hotmail.com on 03/18/12 at 9:43 pm
Of course, TFF had a much bigger budget for "Songs from the Big Chair" than for "The Hurting," which freed them to make the kind of album they really wanted. Talk Talk did the same thing. Once they could command more advance money, they brought in a raft of studio musicians. The thing is, in both cases, I liked the straight-ahead synth pop better!
I think Curt said that the label just wasn't supporting them as much as they were when he and Roland were young but still that's not much of an excuse. I do like ELAHE very much. Don't get me wrong. But I think that some of the songs on that album were just out and out laziness on both of their parts. Like Who you are, which is a song off of Curt's solo album Half-Way Pleased, and they just recycled it.
I'm starting to think that Curt only got back together with Roland for financial gain because his solo career wasn't doing too well. :( I don't even think that Roland and Curt will ever be as buddy buddy close as they were when they were younger. :(
It was the same thing with Andy Taylor and Duran Duran. He got back together with them just because there was so much money involved and when things started to not go his way he quit the band again. :( Which is too bad because I always liked Andy's guitar style.
Subject: Re: Bands that radically changed their sound over the years...
Written By: Howard on 03/19/12 at 6:44 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeeOPR8bxac
The Fatback Band went from the funky horns to changing to an 80's computer synth sound in 1983.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v89zYN2oLDY
They briefly returned once more in 1985.
Subject: Re: Bands that radically changed their sound over the years...
Written By: Singer-Songwriter on 04/30/12 at 2:28 pm
Bananarama were originally more underground and had punk influences.
The Nanas in 1982:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Sfjr7Hbq54
And in 1986 they went a lot more feminine and turned to dance music:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JH3WvI_S6-k
^funny thing is "Venus" is their best moment ever and their most polished music video. Later ones were typically Stock Aitken Waterman bubblegum songs with horrible, cheap-looking videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nl46l8XHvg
Subject: Re: Bands that radically changed their sound over the years...
Written By: Howard on 04/30/12 at 7:10 pm
Bananarama were originally more underground and had punk influences.
The Nanas in 1982:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Sfjr7Hbq54
And in 1986 they went a lot more feminine and turned to dance music:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JH3WvI_S6-k
^funny thing is "Venus" is their best moment ever and their most polished music video. Later ones were typically Stock Aitken Waterman bubblegum songs with horrible, cheap-looking videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nl46l8XHvg
I agree Bananarama's Venus was a great video.
Subject: Re: Bands that radically changed their sound over the years...
Written By: whistledog on 04/30/12 at 8:19 pm
In the 90s, Bananarama switched to Eurodance. Their 1995 single 'Every Shade of Blue' was a Top 40 hit in Canada ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUp4S8dxF5g
Since the 2000s, they have performing Dance-Pop. They had a great album in 2005 called 'Drama' that spawned two hits, most notably the UK Top 30 'Look on the Floor' that also reached the US Top 10 Dance chart
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoZv1n42vgM
Subject: Re: Bands that radically changed their sound over the years...
Written By: Gustav on 05/08/12 at 9:28 am
Exile, Pink Floyd, Starship/Airplane
Subject: Re: Bands that radically changed their sound over the years...
Written By: kingofpain on 06/11/12 at 10:01 pm
Bon Jovi: from glam metal to country
In and Out of Love (1985)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5U6Y4xSa0HY
Til We Ain't Strangers Anymore (2007)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lz9gm0vlhlY
Subject: Re: Bands that radically changed their sound over the years...
Written By: c_keenan2001@hotmail.com on 06/13/12 at 1:41 pm
Of course, TFF had a much bigger budget for "Songs from the Big Chair" than for "The Hurting," which freed them to make the kind of album they really wanted. Talk Talk did the same thing. Once they could command more advance money, they brought in a raft of studio musicians. The thing is, in both cases, I liked the straight-ahead synth pop better!
Perhaps that's why Curt was the last one to leave the band because he wasn't having a say in the production of the music? :(