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Started by InformationGeek, February 16, 2012, 07:15:03 PM

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InformationGeek

February 16, 2012, 07:15:03 PM
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!
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zombie no.one

#1
February 16, 2012, 08:26:17 PM
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

HappyGilmore

#2
February 16, 2012, 11:39:16 PM
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.
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#3
February 17, 2012, 09:34:50 AM
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
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#4
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.
I'll take you places the hand of man has not yet set foot...

Psycho Circus

#5
February 17, 2012, 10:47:44 AM

zombie no.one

#6
February 17, 2012, 11:08:21 AM Last Edit: February 17, 2012, 11:11:55 AM by zombie #1
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:

Flick James

#7
February 17, 2012, 01:39:23 PM
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.





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#8
February 17, 2012, 02:41:05 PM
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.
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retrorussell

#9
February 17, 2012, 02:54:12 PM
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.
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Rev. Powell

#10
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
I'll take you places the hand of man has not yet set foot...

Flick James

#11
February 17, 2012, 06:41:16 PM
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.
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#12
February 17, 2012, 07:17:40 PM
Not sure if it was intended but Bon Jovi's later albums have sounded closer to Christian and country rock.
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zombie no.one

#13
February 17, 2012, 07:23:22 PM
don't forget Spinal Tap's brief flirtation with jazz

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMTPQVOWCiU

Allhallowsday

#14
February 18, 2012, 07:10:07 PM
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