Bands that radically changed their sound/style

[roadman65]

Steve Winwood with Back In The High Life was a change from his past music genre.  Though it got on the charts with Higher Love and Freedom Overspill, different from his previous albums.

Then Roll With It copied his Back In The High Life as well.

[kurumi]

Steve Winwood with Back In The High Life was a change from his past music genre.  Though it got on the charts with Higher Love and Freedom Overspill, different from his previous albums.

Then Roll With It copied his Back In The High Life as well.

Higher Love had all of the mid to late 1980s in one song: DX-7 keyboard, gospel singers, gated drums, synth brass. Only thing it was missing is a saxophone solo.

[Rothman]

Kenny Rogers went from San Francisco psychedlic rock to country.  A shrewd musician, indeed.

A lot of his fans turn a blind eye to where he really came from.

[achilles765]

Bob Dylan

Then he shocked people even more than when he went electric ...

Yeah, that seriously put some of his fans off.  Kind of like when the Eagles went a little
bit country.

It sure did. But not nearly as badly as when he went gospel. That pissed people off big time

[tchafe1978]

Metallica on their St. Anger album, tried to go nu-metal and in turn angered a lot of fans. The style of songs, with no guitar solos, and garbage can-sounding snare drum, and guitar tone were a total departure from anything they did before or since, even more so than Load and Re-Load. It wasn't my favorite album either, but after giving it more listens years later, the songs and the lyrical content aren't all that bad, once you get past those negatives. Hey, every band has to go out on a limb once to experiment and keep from getting stale.

[renegade]

Metallica on their St. Anger album, tried to go nu-metal and in turn angered a lot of fans. The style of songs, with no guitar solos, and garbage can-sounding snare drum, and guitar tone were a total departure from anything they did before or since, even more so than Load and Re-Load. It wasn't my favorite album either, but after giving it more listens years later, the songs and the lyrical content aren't all that bad, once you get past those negatives. Hey, every band has to go out on a limb once to experiment and keep from getting stale.

I use my copy of St Anger as a beer coaster.

[hbelkins]

Metallica on their St. Anger album, tried to go nu-metal and in turn angered a lot of fans. The style of songs, with no guitar solos, and garbage can-sounding snare drum, and guitar tone were a total departure from anything they did before or since, even more so than Load and Re-Load. It wasn't my favorite album either, but after giving it more listens years later, the songs and the lyrical content aren't all that bad, once you get past those negatives. Hey, every band has to go out on a limb once to experiment and keep from getting stale.

I use my copy of St Anger as a beer coaster.

I liked St. Anger a whole lot better than either Load or Reload, and to be honest, probably more than the black album.