Bands that have changed radically but kept you interested?
Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2021 5:27 pm
by version sound
This topic sprang to mind when I was listening to the A.R.Kane singles compilation today. They went from “the black Jesus and Mary Chain” (the British music press has always been so woke…) to deep dub (albeit, still with a bunch of feedback) to straight up dance tracks to more R&Bish stuff, sometimes on the same album. Early on, I really only liked the more feedbacky indie rock stuff, but it all grew on me eventually.
Re: Bands that have changed radically but kept you intereste
Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2021 5:28 pm
by gregpolard
AC/DC
Re: Bands that have changed radically but kept you intereste
Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2021 5:31 pm
by lewdd
gregpolard wrote:AC/DC
What? They've been playing the same song since their first record.
Re: Bands that have changed radically but kept you intereste
Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2021 5:34 pm
by gregpolard
I was joking.
Serious answer: New Order
Re: Bands that have changed radically but kept you intereste
Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2021 5:56 pm
by version sound
gregpolard wrote:AC/DC
HOW DARE YOU??!!
Re: Bands that have changed radically but kept you intereste
Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2021 5:59 pm
by lewdd
I kept interest in The Clash as they changed but not near the level of their early material. Same could be said for The Damned.
Re: Bands that have changed radically but kept you intereste
Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2021 7:48 pm
by FlexMyHead
Pennywise.
Re: Bands that have changed radically but kept you intereste
Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2021 7:52 pm
by lewdd
FlexMyHead wrote:Pennywise.
Outside of changing the singer for an album, what do you think radically changed? To my ears, they are the AC/DC of 90s SoCal punk - every album sounds the same. And, I'm a fan of both of the bands.
Re: Bands that have changed radically but kept you intereste
Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2021 8:12 pm
by xxxMidgexxx
Prong.
Re: Bands that have changed radically but kept you intereste
Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2021 10:24 pm
by the mean
7Seconds
Re: Bands that have changed radically but kept you intereste
Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2021 5:40 am
by FormerLurker
Kinda sorta The Church.
Re: Bands that have changed radically but kept you intereste
Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2021 6:04 am
by gregpolard
lewdd wrote:
FlexMyHead wrote:Pennywise.
Outside of changing the singer for an album, what do you think radically changed? To my ears, they are the AC/DC of 90s SoCal punk - every album sounds the same. And, I'm a fan of both of the bands.
We need a "just kidding" font on here I think
Re: Bands that have changed radically but kept you intereste
Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2021 6:09 am
by pedro
The BEATLES The Clash Devo
Re: Bands that have changed radically but kept you intereste
Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2021 6:46 am
by captain2man
Meat Puppets Pink Floyd Husker Du Judas Priest Alice Cooper Rush Government Issue
Re: Bands that have changed radically but kept you intereste
Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2021 7:48 am
by JGJR
FormerLurker wrote:Kinda sorta The Church.
I think Priest = Aura is the jump-off point to heavier, murkier, more psychedelic Church whereas everything before is well, a variation on jangle pop. It's especially evident live. They're like Australia's answer to Television or The Soft Boys.
Anyway, the first band that came to mind is Radiohead.
Re: Bands that have changed radically but kept you intereste
Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2021 4:03 pm
by patient_ot
A.K. Kane is an interesting example. Other than the odd track or that 12" of second album album remixes, I really don't like the second album material at all. To me it just sounds very dated and it just doesn't do it for me. And this is coming from someone that likes dance music.
Re: Bands that have changed radically but kept you intereste
Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2021 10:08 am
by jaybird
Kinda surprised no one has mentioned Dag yet... from raging Minor Threat-style hardcore to doing Stevie Ray Vaughn-style blues rock and flamenco-ish songs all within about 3 years.
Re: Bands that have changed radically but kept you intereste
Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2021 10:15 am
by xxxMidgexxx
A.R. Kane. Always liked their music but haven't visited in a looong time. Maybe that needs to be rectified.
Re: Bands that have changed radically but kept you intereste
Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2021 10:39 am
by version sound
xxxMidgexxx wrote:A.R. Kane. Always liked their music but haven't visited in a looong time. Maybe that needs to be rectified.
I used to have 69 on cassette. If I find it, I’ll send it along.
Re: Bands that have changed radically but kept you intereste
Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2021 10:39 am
by pedro
jaybird wrote:Kinda surprised no one has mentioned Dag yet... from raging Minor Threat-style hardcore to doing Stevie Ray Vaughn-style blues rock and flamenco-ish songs all within about 3 years.
Thread Title wrote:...but kept you interested?
Re: Bands that have changed radically but kept you intereste
Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2021 2:03 pm
by scannest
pedro wrote:
jaybird wrote:Kinda surprised no one has mentioned Dag yet... from raging Minor Threat-style hardcore to doing Stevie Ray Vaughn-style blues rock and flamenco-ish songs all within about 3 years.
Thread Title wrote:...but kept you interested?
Booooo! Besides, those songs are outliers, even on FIELD DAY. Dag's overall style didn't change all that much over time.
I would suggest Wire, but again, there's that thread title...
Re: Bands that have changed radically but kept you intereste
Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2021 2:33 pm
by Hal
Since they haven't been mentioned...
Descendents/ALL
Re: Bands that have changed radically but kept you intereste
Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2021 2:41 pm
by patient_ot
Hal wrote:Since they haven't been mentioned...
Descendents/ALL
Descendents - tough one for me after Milo. Way too many filler joke/skit songs that are very dated today. At some point I should pick up the rest of their catalog and make my own 2xCDR comp with just the good stuff.
ALL, I just never spent a ton of time with them. I though Breaking Things was a solid album. Heard bits and pieces of the stuff years back but didn't grab me. I did see one of Scott Reynold's later bands years back and they tore shit up live.
Re: Bands that have changed radically but kept you intereste
Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2021 2:46 pm
by patient_ot
My list:
Swans, Talk Talk, Fugazi, Cure (at least up through 92), Blur, loads of jazz musicians...
Re: Bands that have changed radically but kept you intereste
Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2021 2:47 pm
by xxxMidgexxx
version sound wrote:
xxxMidgexxx wrote:A.R. Kane. Always liked their music but haven't visited in a looong time. Maybe that needs to be rectified.
I used to have 69 on cassette. If I find it, I’ll send it along.
I have 2 LPs to send you. You WILL NEED to have these:
Gnaw (colored wax with silk screen cover). NY damaging art/noise mega LP.
I have this digitally, but I bought the wax at their show with Siege to support the band:
The other one is a suprise.
Re: Bands that have changed radically but kept you intereste
Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2021 2:49 pm
by xxxMidgexxx
patient_ot wrote:Talk Talk
HELL yes.
Re: Bands that have changed radically but kept you intereste
Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2021 2:50 pm
by xxxMidgexxx
scannest wrote: even on FIELD DAY. Dag's overall style didn't change all that much over time.
Re: Bands that have changed radically but kept you intereste
Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2021 3:49 pm
by jaybird
Hal wrote:Since they haven't been mentioned...
Descendents/ALL
They got way more proficient as musicians over the years, but they always had that weird spazzy math-rock side to them, even on some of the earliest shit. Now there's a band where I think their whole approach has stayed largely unchanged over 40 years, they've just pushed it about as far as it can go.
Re: Bands that have changed radically but kept you intereste
Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2021 3:50 pm
by jaybird
xxxMidgexxx wrote:
scannest wrote: even on FIELD DAY. Dag's overall style didn't change all that much over time.
Re: Bands that have changed radically but kept you intereste
Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2021 9:39 am
by JGJR
xxxMidgexxx wrote:
patient_ot wrote:Talk Talk
HELL yes.
I only like their last 2 albums, but this is a great answer.
Re: Bands that have changed radically but kept you intereste
Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2021 10:59 am
by xxxMidgexxx
Kraftwerk Tangerine Dream
Re: Bands that have changed radically but kept you intereste
Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2021 3:08 pm
by patient_ot
JGJR wrote:
xxxMidgexxx wrote:
patient_ot wrote:Talk Talk
HELL yes.
I only like their last 2 albums, but this is a great answer.
I used to feel the same way until I really sat down and listened to Colour of Spring several years back. It's a great album and hints at where they would go. It's My Life is more of a straightforward pop album of the time, but even that is above average for the style. I haven't heard the debut in a long time, so I can't comment on it too much.
Re: Bands that have changed radically but kept you intereste
Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2021 7:36 am
by JGJR
patient_ot wrote:
JGJR wrote:
xxxMidgexxx wrote:
patient_ot wrote:Talk Talk
HELL yes.
I only like their last 2 albums, but this is a great answer.
I used to feel the same way until I really sat down and listened to Colour of Spring several years back. It's a great album and hints at where they would go. It's My Life is more of a straightforward pop album of the time, but even that is above average for the style. I haven't heard the debut in a long time, so I can't comment on it too much.
I tried with that one, but not in many years. I had it on vinyl, probably the U.S. version. It just never grabbed me. It does definitely hint at where they'd go and I love Rowland S. Howard's version of "Life's What You Make It," though.
Re: Bands that have changed radically but kept you intereste
Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2021 2:13 pm
by patient_ot
JGJR wrote:I tried with that one, but not in many years. I had it on vinyl, probably the U.S. version. It just never grabbed me. It does definitely hint at where they'd go and I love Rowland S. Howard's version of "Life's What You Make It," though.
You might prefer the live concert film from the Colour era. Dunno if you've seen it but it's worth checking out.
Re: Bands that have changed radically but kept you intereste
Posted: Sat Jun 19, 2021 1:25 pm
by version sound
Talk Talk loses me in the vocal department; dude sounds too much like Steve Winwood for my comfort.
Thought of another: The Slits - they went from ragged punk to dubbiness to world music, and I love it all.
Re: Bands that have changed radically but kept you intereste
Posted: Sat Jun 19, 2021 9:40 pm
by JGJR
patient_ot wrote:
JGJR wrote:I tried with that one, but not in many years. I had it on vinyl, probably the U.S. version. It just never grabbed me. It does definitely hint at where they'd go and I love Rowland S. Howard's version of "Life's What You Make It," though.
You might prefer the live concert film from the Colour era. Dunno if you've seen it but it's worth checking out.
I haven't. You mean this?
Re: Bands that have changed radically but kept you intereste
Posted: Sat Jun 19, 2021 9:41 pm
by JGJR
version sound wrote:Thought of another: The Slits - they went from ragged punk to dubbiness to world music, and I love it all.
Same here; my favorite is the '81 Peel Session, but I love both of the Lps as well. I just played Return of the Giant Slits recently. I don't currently own a copy of Cut and I should really change that.
Re: Bands that have changed radically but kept you intereste
Posted: Sat Jun 19, 2021 9:44 pm
by lewdd
I have this one. PM me an address and I will send it to you. Its not worth much and I will never listen to it again.
Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2021 5:27 pm
