re: Bands whose sound changed dramatically: cite evidence

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Journey — Infinity or Evolution albums to Don’t Stop Believin’

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Was going to post Journey. Actually they fit into the triple tier - the first 2 records Journey & Look Into the Future, are practically jazz fusion, with much of the band having broken off from Santana.

Then there's Kafka's favorite band that rhymes with man crush...

King Crimson - late 60s into 70s is very different than the Talking Heads influenced 80s records, which are very different than the 90s and later although they went full circle.

Opeth went from death metal to prog rock.

Def Leppard

Before and after Steve Clark.

Definitely went pop after his death.

Opeth. Prog Death to Prog Rock.

Blackwater Park

Ha¨xprocess

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They went from thrash in their first albums to whatever their new style would be considered between And Justice For All to The Black Album and even moreso in Load and Reload onward.

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I mean, looking objectively, For Whom the Bell Tolls and FTB are not thrash type songs where Holier Than Thou and Through the Never are. Definitely DM, Harwired and 72 Seasons have thrash songs. I wouldn't say they drastically changed their sound, they just gave variety.

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Pantera, started on Power Metal but full effect on CFH.

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The most evolved band for me.
Started out glamish.
Mastered and practically redefined heavy metal with Cowboys.
Shaped a new genre with Vulgar.

As mentioned in another thread, my best friend who I went to see Pantera with used to be in Razor White with Phil. This was the original Razor White when Phil was like 16 or 17, when they first started out. My buddy was a lead guitarist and ended up being in a few well known local bands (the biggest being Dark August) that gigged from Texas to Florida, opened for some pretty big bands, and got a song on a compilation album.

But he said from the very start, he knew Phil was going to be the guy who would hit it big no matter what. He said Phil played some guitar but couldn’t do any of fancy lead stuff, but if they were working on a new song, Phil would pull out a guitar and come up with crazy chord progressions or arrangements and be like, “What if we did this?” Said he always came up with unique, brilliant stuff.

ETA: Another story was that their drummer got ahold of Cowboys from Hell when it first came out. Their band was setting up for a gig and they put CFH on over the PA system. He said everyone just stopped in their tracks and was like,”What the hell is that!???… That’s PANTERA????” It was just such a jump from their previous stuff and unlike anything they’s heard before.

Bruce Springsteen
First 2 albums - jazzy art house rock
Next 7 albums (exception- Nebraska)- high energy arena
rock god
The Ghost Of Tom Joad- bluesy Americana/ folk

Lillian Axe…they’ve had FOUR dramatically different sounds.

1. The 80’s stuff
2. Psychoschizophrenia
3. All the stuff from 2009-2014
4. From Womb To Tomb, released in
2022

Lush

Example of Shoegaze - Sweetness and Light

Example of Brit Pop - Ladykillers ...one of the most underappreciated songs ever.

There are several JS songs I really like though. Marty had a good run.

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The Airplane to Starship was the most disappointing, imo

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I never really liked tJA

Some Balin JS are nice pop songs, "Count on Me"

Now once MB left & Starship went to horrifying screecher Mickey Thomas, you may have a point