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Still got it.
For those who might have missed Karl Hyde in his "Francis Rossi lookalike" period, Underworld were a bit different before Darren Emerson arrived..
Red Hot Chilli Peppers.
Blood sugar sex magik album is so different to what came out later, such as Roller Coaster and Californication!
There's quite a lot of metal bands who have evolved into, what are now, completely different sounding bands. One example is Enslaved, who have incorporated a lot of Pink Floyd. Devin Townsend has changed from extreme metal to prog rock.
One big one that affected me at the time was Corrosion of Conformity, who changed from hardcore punk to stoner rock. They did it very well, fortunately. Neurosis also changed quite a bit between The Word as Law and Souls at Zero.
More famously, Celtic Frost suddenly went from proto-death metal to glam metal on Cold Lake. Mastodon are also another band who sound quite different now, compared to their first couple of albums, although still recognisable.
Lo Fidelity Allstars
How To Operate with a blown mind is one of my favourite albums of al time and seeing them live at t in the park was the highlight of that weekend. Second album, don't be afraid of love. So disappointed, not even recognisable as the same band.
Northwind - Member
Idlewild... Went from (quote NME) sounding like a flight of stairs falling down a flight of stairs, to being happy REM. Now that's OK, bands can evolve but they never really announced or acknowledged the change so in the first tour afterwards, it was like we didn't get to see the band we'd paid for. And they just brazened it out completely and ignored it- did an acoustic version of one of their really punky songs, and weirdly covered I wanna be sedated but didn't play any of their own rock stuff... Crowd chanted for Captain, they played El Capitan and it really felt like they were taking the piss.Ended up with a huge block of the crowd chanting the lyrics to You Just Have To Be Who You Are at them, THERE'S NO ROOM FOR LIARS.
I like 'em again but that was really annoying. We hope you like our new direction!
Like the killers for me. Hot Fuse was superb imo but they never came close again and each new song drifts further from Athat album. Still quite enjoy some of their stuff but it's different from the first album.
Opeth and Solstafir haven't changed their looks but musically they are pretty far from where they started.
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To Congo Natty (a big improvement btw)
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DRI and Suicidal Tendencies. Started out as great hardcore bands, and evolved into shite metal bands.
Dexys went from Geno to Come on Eileen with added dungarees and neck scarves.
Pretty wrong about Suicidal up there. Yes, they had a couple of dodgy albums but everything up to, and including Lights Camera... was awesome. Their new stuff s pretty good, too, and a bit more punky.
