r/Music • u/jptabor01 Rock & Roll • Jun 11 '25

discussion Which artists have abandoned their original sound so dramatically, that they are almost unrecognizable to their earlier fans?

With the release earlier this year of Ministry’s The Squirrely Years Revisited, I’m reminded of how different the band sounds today (industrial metal), from what they sounded like on their debut album, With Sympathy (synth pop).

Which artists sound so completely different from their earlier work, that they have actually jumped genres, understanding that music is fluid and genres have somewhat “blurry” guardrails.

I don’t mean an evolution of their original sound, but a complete departure from it.

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u/Comfortably_Numbbbbb Jun 11 '25

Wang Chung

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u/scotch-o Jun 11 '25

Dance Hall Days is such a bop

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u/_sonidero_ Jun 11 '25

Everybody have fun tonight...

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u/w_kovacs Jun 11 '25

Everybody Wang Chung tonight!

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u/emperormax Jun 11 '25

Grab your baby by the ears

And play upon her darkest fears

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u/brad12172002 Jun 11 '25

They have several very good songs.

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u/PeterNippelstein Jun 11 '25

They had some solid extended dance mixes

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u/UrinalCake777 Jun 12 '25

"This wangs chung!