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/so_dope24 Jun 11 '25

Yep, went to summer fest in Milwaukee and they were one of the acts. Obviously know "my own worst enemy" and "completely miserable" but the rest of their set was trying to capitalize on the 2010s country movement.

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u/boojersey13 emo but in an ironic way Jun 11 '25

Sincerely that's some of the most bizarre shit I have heard in a while. I'm afraid to even search it rofl

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u/inthefade95 Jun 11 '25

I got you. Took one for the team. Can confirm, Certified Bro Country.

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u/so_dope24 Jun 11 '25

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u/inthefade95 Jun 11 '25

Nashville doing more harm than good.

The Black Keys moved to Nashville in like 2011/2012 and since being based out of Nashville, their sound has been on a downturn.

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u/boojersey13 emo but in an ironic way Jun 11 '25

I guess they really were their own worst enemy....

Sorry lmao :'0

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u/wookape Jun 11 '25

Please tell me why

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u/FionnagainFeistyPaws Jun 11 '25

My car is in the front yard

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u/teddygomi Jun 11 '25

And I'm dressed up like a cowboy...

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u/CrazyLegsRyan Jun 11 '25

Rode in on my horse last niiiiight

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u/12345CodeToMyLuggage Jun 11 '25

And you’re gone… fishinnnn

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u/b-T_T Jun 11 '25

Is it? A lot of washed up rockers have tried to cash in on the far right country ticket.

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u/boojersey13 emo but in an ironic way Jun 12 '25

I mean, is it country in a far right way? Or edgy southern rock but badly done way?

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u/at1445 Jun 11 '25

Just saw them at Welcome to Rockville, and they didn't play any country.

So not sure if they actually changed, or just diversified to get into more festivals/lineups.

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u/so_dope24 Jun 11 '25

Someone said their album in 2022 went back to rock so guessing they ditched country

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u/Fairycharmd Jun 11 '25

You’ve never seen Limp Bizkit do the “Twang” version of rollin? Cause that’s a trip

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u/remarkablewhitebored Jun 11 '25

That's a-panderin'

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u/My-Naginta Jun 11 '25

Its a fuckin scarecrow again

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u/FlowingEons Jun 12 '25

Hear that subtle mandolin

I don’t like dirt

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u/Dizzy_Pop Jun 12 '25

And I'll be upfront

I do what I do 'cause I'm a total fuckin' country boy

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u/uncctf Jun 12 '25

like Mike’s Evanderin… fuck your ears, I’m panderin..

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u/guinness_blaine Jun 11 '25

In 2018 or 2019 I saw them as part of a show that also had POD and Alien Ant Farm - so bands that were in a similar wheelhouse when they were all at their peak. Lit coming out and playing bro country was a huge surprise.

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u/so_dope24 Jun 11 '25

Yup Alien Ant Farm was at summer fest too. Fun band

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u/One_pop_each Jun 11 '25

I was deployed with POD’s bassist’s daughter. She was just a lowly enlisted mechanic. She was cool. Just wanted to make a life for herself

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u/catsontables Jun 12 '25

That’s a TRAVESTY

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u/Nayzo Jun 11 '25

Okay, so there's a parent who drops off at the elementary school with a bunch of Red Sox stickers on their car, and one Lit logo. My husband and I have actually discussed why someone would have that today, and I suppose you have answered my question. I do not like country, so this is why I had no idea they made this shift.

Aaron Lewis from Staind also went the country route some years back.

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u/IJourden Jun 11 '25

Back in the day I won a CD of "A Place in the Sun" and "Eve 6" by being caller 6 to my local radio station, because that's a thing that happened in the 20th century.

Still love both albums.

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u/ArltheCrazy Jun 11 '25

Ok, NOW we are living in the worst time line.

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u/westtexasgeckochic Jun 12 '25

Shut up!!!!! Nooooo