In my Internet wanderings, I came upon this interesting little fact. You all know who Katy Perry is, right? The girl who sung: I Kissed a Girl, Friday Night, E.T., and The One Who Got Away. Katy, before she was popular and back in 2001, she used to be a Christian Rock singer.
The girl went from songs like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppU3xdsr1zM
to songs like this...:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F57P9C4SAW4
Well, that's one way to go in your music career. Can't say I blame since she's on top now with all of her new music...
So, with that said, I was wondering, what other artists or even bands changed their genre of music or their styles into something different. Did it work out or did it fail? You guys are bigger music fans then me, so feel free to educate me!
yeah I read about Katy Perry being a christian singer - kind of ironic, although aren't her parents hardcore christians? makes slightly more sense I suppose
I just typed a list but looked at it and realised a lot of them were just examples of a band evolving their sound through the course of a few albums, as opposed to completely switching their style overnight
the band Soul Junk started as alternative post-rock then suddenly started doing rap albums, so a complete switch
from
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StKShdjid80&feature=related
to
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1lih1QDaPk
Bloodhound Gang started out as a rap group in the suburbs of Philadelphia.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FaaisFUg1s
Then, around '96 they switched up to mid '90s alternative:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Adgx9wt63NY&ob=av2e
Then, in the later part of the '90s when there was a resurgence in the rap/rock genre, they were a combination rap group with hard rock guitars:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnDCmUd8xDs&feature=related
It's not a significant change, but it is fairly noticed on their albums. The first one is straight up rap, and the last one they put out in '06 or so was pretty much a heavy metal cd.
Alanis before Alanis Morisette.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ar7afdfBHj4
And here's the pathetic sellout rock she was most known for.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPcyTyilmYY&ob=av2e
Mick Harris used to be the drummer for Napalm Death....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smICzqbm5Ns
Now he has his dub/ ambient project Scorn (who kick serious ass).....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9E9DeuqNPac
Bjork actually started out as a jazz singer before switching to... whatever it is she does now.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJI2DLGSS8E
I kind of wish she'd kept this up.
Quote from: voltron on February 17, 2012, 09:34:50 AM
Alanis before Alanis Morisette.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ar7afdfBHj4
THAT. IS. AWESOME! :buggedout:
Circus you'll know this, what's the KISS album that sounds like grunge, a bit like soundgarden, doesn't sound like KISS at all? I swear I heard this unless I'm imagining it lol
Quote from: Rev. Powell on February 17, 2012, 10:09:03 AM
Bjork actually started out as a jazz singer before switching to... whatever it is she does now.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJI2DLGSS8E
I kind of wish she'd kept this up.
her first album is actually from 1977, traditional sounding folk/pop
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fNFzp3LATQ
that's got to be one of the best Icelandic cover versions of Fool On The Hill out there :teddyr:
then compare that to her IDM stuff on Vespertine, very different. my brother is a huge bjork fan so I'm familiar with a lot of her stuff even though I don't own any of her albums. he recently bought a box set of her last album for £500 :buggedout:
Linda Ronstadt has made a long career out of genre/style changes.
Folk/rock with the Stone Ponies.
Country-tinged rock superstardom in the 70's.
Flirted with opera in the early 80's.
Released a jazz/pop trilogy in the 80's and introduced a younger audience to Nelson Riddle.
Did a couple of albums of Mexican folk music in the late 80's/early 90's (canciones specifically).
And then a return to pop and rock, and even a little New Age stuff.
I think Chicago started out as a rock band with a horn section, and then went the pure pop route in the '80s.
Pat Benatar was rock in the '80s, but is much more bluesy now. Still definitely rockin' though.
Blondie took a detour into disco in the late '70s / early '80s. Or was that just one song? I never bought that particular album.
The guitar player for Jefferson airplane, Craig Chaquico, now does smooth jazz.
Did Metallica go from metal to pop? That's what my son tells me :teddyr: I haven't listened to any of their new stuff myself.
Quote from: Jack on February 17, 2012, 02:41:05 PM
Blondie took a detour into disco in the late '70s / early '80s. Or was that just one song? I never bought that particular album.
Blondie was the first I could think of. They did pop, disco, mariachi, reggae and rap, among others I'm sure.
Spinal Tap went from hippie folk to heavy metal.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfD-E9hKCWM&feature=related
Quote from: Rev. Powell on February 17, 2012, 03:38:45 PM
Spinal Tap went from hippie folk to heavy metal.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfD-E9hKCWM&feature=related
Well, the thread doesn't exclude fictional bands. Nicely done.
Not sure if it was intended but Bon Jovi's later albums have sounded closer to Christian and country rock.
don't forget Spinal Tap's brief flirtation with jazz
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMTPQVOWCiU
THE TURTLES are best remembered as a Pop Rock band...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zv85y08aA2w
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDjI015s044
But, they started out as THE CROSSFIRES playing surf...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuLWjPA5dRs&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvarsW_T5U8&feature=related
Pat Dubar has went through some startling changes with the different bands he's most famour for being involved with...
A number of these are probably NSFW due to potentially offensive lyrics
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEHnvNYG78w
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSd0JwDEYN8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGb1CQMElUA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-B7MMp6n9M
I think any good musician shifts genres by the nature of creative endeavor. It's rare to find originality right off the bat, most artists start by copying their influences until they can find their own voice. Even then, that voice may morph over the course of a career.
It's rarer to find an entire band that changes and still remains together.
One of my favorite bands, Radiohead, started off with a sort-of whiny college rock album that just happened to have one of the biggest hits of the past few decades. Then they released another album which was guitar-oriented and leagues and away better than their first. Then they released another few albums which steadily became more abstract.
Of course, there's the flip side. The band Sugar Ray was a very poor band, not really good at all. But their first album was a pop-punk focused affair, that just happened to have one hit song, "Fly," that did not sound like the rest of the album. That song became very popular, so the next album was entirely music in that vein. All garbage, of course, but they very readily changed their tune to what was radio-friendly.
Quote from: zombie #1 on February 17, 2012, 11:08:21 AM
Circus you'll know this, what's the KISS album that sounds like grunge, a bit like soundgarden, doesn't sound like KISS at all? I swear I heard this unless I'm imagining it lol
Carnival Of Souls: The Final Sessions. They recorded it in '93 but it didn't come out 'til four years later. Awful record.
'93, just in time to cash in on grunge? (well not really if it didn't come out then). suppose a lot of bands did that as well tho'. sudden;y added a bit of "grunge" to their sound
like how now loads of crappy chart pop songs will have a 'dubstep' remix etc..
(not implying KISS is crappy there btw :teddyr:)
Sheena Easton went from pop to dance-pop (1981-1983), Minneapolis funk (1984-1987), did Urban/R&B (1988-1991) and jazz (1993).
Quote from: zombie #1 on February 20, 2012, 09:22:37 AM
'93, just in time to cash in on grunge? (well not really if it didn't come out then). suppose a lot of bands did that as well tho'. sudden;y added a bit of "grunge" to their sound
Yeah, lots of bands did it and failed. Basically because one half of the band thought it was a good idea or that the record company told them to otherwise they would be dropped. Many bands who were good, but slated for being associated with the "hair metal" movement went grunge and got even more flack. Grunge was like punk. Not technical, no need for lots of talent but an almost raw, devolution that came about as a backlash to modern society and pop culture.
In my collection, Wildside and Sven Gali are the worst offenders. Made a great debut album, on par with the likes of Guns N' Roses and Skid Row, then followed it up 3 years later with bland inaudible alt-rock.
Quote from: Circus Circus on February 21, 2012, 06:50:37 AM
Quote from: zombie #1 on February 20, 2012, 09:22:37 AM
'93, just in time to cash in on grunge? (well not really if it didn't come out then). suppose a lot of bands did that as well tho'. sudden;y added a bit of "grunge" to their sound
In my collection, Wildside and Sven Gali are the worst offenders. Made a great debut album, on par with the likes of Guns N' Roses and Skid Row, then followed it up 3 years later with bland inaudible alt-rock.
Don't forget Slick Toxic! Started off as hair metal then their next album was awful alt rock. I though they sucked either way. :smile:
I can vaguely remember tommy vance playing sven gali on the friday rock show but I think I was only interested in thrash back then and didn't pay attention. just checking some tracks out on YT and liking their tunes, although no one has uploaded any tracks from the second album
another band who shifted their style a lot is Husker du. their first album is hardcore punk and by their 5th or 6th album they were doing acoustic ballads and more alt/poppy sounding stuff