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Post by cypher on Dec 3, 2018 12:49:02 GMT
Name some artists that underwent major transformations during their musical career, where they went from one genre, to a completely different one.
P.P. Arnold
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Post by alpha128 on Dec 3, 2018 13:36:08 GMT
Ron Keel started out as a hard rock/heavy metal artist in the 1980s. Around 2000 he switched to country music.
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Post by someguy on Dec 3, 2018 14:12:03 GMT
Aaron Lewis Michael Bolton
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Post by Vits on Dec 3, 2018 15:48:29 GMT
There have been artists who have stayed in one genre but have changed styles. Green Day, Linkin Park, Avril Lavigne and Shakira come to mind. If you just want artists who completely changed genres, there's Taylor Swift. She went from country to pop-rock to pop that's borderline electronic.
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Dec 3, 2018 20:59:47 GMT
Fleetwood Mac - blues to pop-rock Journey -progressive to rock
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Post by sostie on Dec 3, 2018 21:08:10 GMT
Clint Mansell
From this
To this
Via this
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Post by lowtacks86 on Dec 3, 2018 21:29:07 GMT
GG Allin went from this:
To this:
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Post by bravomailer on Dec 3, 2018 21:29:21 GMT
Bee Gees: pop rock --> disco
Elvis: rockabilly/R&B --> mainstream
Beatles: 60s pop --> psychedelia and whatever they wanted
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Post by Admin on Dec 3, 2018 21:52:23 GMT
Michael Bolton went from pop/rock to sappy schmaltz.
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Post by jamesottosweetheart on Dec 4, 2018 0:44:34 GMT
My late beautiful precious Steve Sanders went from a solo gospel singer in the 1960s to the lead of a three guy act named Pyramid in the 70s to a member of the Oak Ridge Boys from 1987-1995.
God bless you and those who have loved him longer than me always!!!
Holly
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Post by Fox in the Snow on Dec 4, 2018 2:58:29 GMT
Primal Scream's first five albums
Jangle Pop > Indie Rock > Dance/Rave > Roots/Blues Rock > Dub/Electronica
They've continued to flit back and forth between most of them for the rest of their (ongoing) career but the differences are most pronounced in those first albums
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Post by Fox in the Snow on Dec 4, 2018 3:00:04 GMT
My Bloody Valentine
Crampsy Goth Rock > Indie Pop > Shoegaze
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Post by Fox in the Snow on Dec 4, 2018 3:06:20 GMT
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Post by ck100 on Dec 4, 2018 3:30:10 GMT
In other words, this thread is about musicians/bands that "sold out" or flirted with "selling out".
Taylor Swift first came to mind. People will bring up comparing 1980's Metallica with 1990's Metallica.
Remember when Jewel tried to become Britney Spears with "Intuition"?
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Post by Admin on Dec 4, 2018 5:28:18 GMT
Remember when Jewel tried to become Britney Spears with "Intuition"? Ha ha! Yeah, that was embarrassing. But at least it was only one album.
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Post by hi224 on Dec 4, 2018 5:36:33 GMT
does Blur count at all?.
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Post by Fox in the Snow on Dec 4, 2018 6:02:03 GMT
Not as drastic as some, but their self titled fifth album was a bit of a departure from their earlier Brit-Pop sound.
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Post by cypher on Dec 4, 2018 10:50:01 GMT
Giorgio Moroder
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Post by cypher on Dec 4, 2018 11:31:58 GMT
In other words, this thread is about musicians/bands that "sold out" or flirted with "selling out". It could also be artists who didn't find their voice/ niche at the beginning of their career, and then evolved.
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Post by ellynmacg on Dec 4, 2018 14:05:11 GMT
Joni Mitchell: Sensitive, introspective Folk==>Folk/Pop (with catchy riffs and tunes)==>Jazz-inflected-pop (her most financially successful period, I believe)==>full-on avant garde jazz
That's only through The Hissing of Summer Lawns. Seems to me that around that point, she abandoned melody in favor of noodling...but of course, YMMV.
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