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 Post subject: Bands that re-invented themselves
PostPosted: Sun Mar 04, 2012 10:06 pm 
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I'm looking for artists/groups that had 1 distinct style and then had a big change-over where you can look at the artist/group by different eras.

This could be gray area opinion....as I wouldn't necessarily count the Beatles of other groups that slowly evolved album by album as times changes.

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The Bee Gees - psychedelic/pop/ballads --> disco
The Moody Blues - British Invasion R&B (Laine) --> prog/psychedelic (Heyward)
The Kinks - 60s --> arena rock
Steve Miller Band - psychedelic/blues jam band --> FM rock hits

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PostPosted: Sun Mar 04, 2012 10:08 pm 
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 04, 2012 10:19 pm 
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 04, 2012 10:23 pm 
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Talking Heads did it a couple of times: tight new wave to African-inspired groove to FM-friendly pop.


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PostPosted: Sun Mar 04, 2012 11:16 pm 
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 04, 2012 11:19 pm 
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Yes-Prog to Tehcno-Pop/Rock-to Prog again
Uriah Heep-Prog to AOR to Prog again
Manfred Mann-60's Pop to 70's Prog to 80's AOR
Chicago-Horn driven Rock/Jazz to Power Ballads/Soft Rock

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PostPosted: Sun Mar 04, 2012 11:25 pm 
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ZZ Top-Blues/Boogie Rock to 80s video gods w/ snyths
Jethro Tull-Blues Rock to Prog/Folk/Hard Rock
Fleetwood Mac-Blues Rock to Mellow early 70s Rock to AOR/Soft Rock giants
Beastie Boys-Bratty drunken no-talents in early Rap and Punk Rock to MTV Rap wonders to Rap/Funk giants who learned to play instruments
Whitesnake-Blues Hard Rock to Hair Metal giants (only the hair was Hair Metal though!)
Tori Amos-hideous Dance Rock as Y Kant Tori Read to daring Alternative Rock piano queen

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PostPosted: Sun Mar 04, 2012 11:27 pm 
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 Post subject: Bands that re-invented themselves
PostPosted: Sun Mar 04, 2012 11:34 pm 
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Who - singles-oriented blues/R&B band to album/rock opera-oriented hard rockers (with "Rael" and "A Quick One" as intermediate steps)

Would Kiss's transformation to a tribute band count? :yay:

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PostPosted: Sun Mar 04, 2012 11:37 pm 
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Music from the 60s & 70s and a bit of the 80s

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Grateful Dead - Psychedelic.............Country-Rock................Jam Band............ etc

Eric Burdon - Blues............Psychedelic...........Blues (War).....................Rock/Blues

David Bowie - chchchchch........Changes every album

Iron Butterfly - Psychedelic (60s) ...................... Hard Rock(70s)

Marc Bolan - T-Rex ..............Flower Child (60s)............Rock and Roll (70s)

King Crimson - Changed dramatically each LP & tour

Bob Dylan - Folk singer ................ Went electric

The Byrds - Folk/Rock to Country

And many more............


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PostPosted: Mon Mar 05, 2012 12:21 am 
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 05, 2012 12:38 am 
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Invisible Pedestrian wrote:
ZZ Top-Blues/Boogie Rock to 80s video gods w/ snyths
Jethro Tull-Blues Rock to Prog/Folk/Hard Rock
Fleetwood Mac-Blues Rock to Mellow early 70s Rock to AOR/Soft Rock giants
Beastie Boys-Bratty drunken no-talents in early Rap and Punk Rock to MTV Rap wonders to Rap/Funk giants who learned to play instruments
Whitesnake-Blues Hard Rock to Hair Metal giants (only the hair was Hair Metal though!)
Tori Amos-hideous Dance Rock as Y Kant Tori Read to daring Alternative Rock piano queen


I like Y kant Tori Read!! :oops: though i agree she had a HUGE change & I like the next few even more!

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PostPosted: Mon Mar 05, 2012 12:39 am 
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Underworld - 80's wave to icky drum & bass/techno

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PostPosted: Mon Mar 05, 2012 12:49 am 
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 05, 2012 12:53 am 
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I agree on The Beatles. For me there was a pretty big change between Help & Rubber Soul; change was pretty much totally in place & more drastic with Revolver.

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PostPosted: Mon Mar 05, 2012 1:22 am 
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 05, 2012 2:37 am 
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 Post subject: Bands that re-invented themselves
PostPosted: Mon Mar 05, 2012 8:27 am 
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Zappa/Mothers were ever evolving and changing

Little Feat and canned Heat changed as their makeup changed

Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band - had a lot of changes - blues based - Trout Mask Replica - to more acceptable

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