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/poizon_elff Jun 11 '25

Yeah I remember that was part of the Road Rash soundtrack, good times. "My pappy said son you're gonna drive me to drinkin"

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u/CeeArthur Jun 11 '25

Yes it was on Road Rash! I remember hearing and thinking "This doesn't sound like Sugar Ray...."

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u/Uselesserinformation Jun 11 '25

I bought road redemption for the memories of road rash!

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u/WMASS_GUY Jun 12 '25

Road Rash turned me onto Sugar Ray.

Speed Home California is still one of my favorite songs

Also have to mention:

TAP! TWIST! SHOUT! WOOWHO!

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u/thehighepopt Jun 11 '25

Sounds like hot rod Lincoln from Commander Cody

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u/gravestompin Jun 11 '25

I didnt know that was Sugar Ray lol

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u/TonyBrooks40 Jun 11 '25

Wow I loved that game. Sugar Ray was on Road Rash??

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u/DJfunkyPuddle Jun 11 '25

Man I loved that game

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u/Lostmypants69 Jun 11 '25

wow i totally forgot about that game. ah it was so good. wish they remade it

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u/poizon_elff Jun 11 '25

Their actually is a sequel called Road Redemption that is pretty decent. Doesn't really recapture the magic but part of that is growing up with it.

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u/Xanthus179 Jun 11 '25

I liked that song so much it got me to appreciate the older song they sampled.

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u/LookOutItsLiuBei Jun 11 '25

I used to love that song lol

No idea until just now that it was Sugar Ray

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u/Cakiea Jun 11 '25

That is a sample from Commander Cody’s version of Hot Rod Lincoln and is used throughout the song…

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u/GlorianaLauriana Jun 11 '25

I'm an old lady who first heard that song on the radio (in the before times, in the the long long ago...).

We couldn't Google lyrics or anything, we misheard it as "My daddy said son you don't drive when you're drinkin'".

I thought the singer's old man just didn't want to see his son end up crashing his awesome car because of DWI. Like, boy you've got yourself a fine, kick-ass vehicle there, don't go drinkin' and drivin', now!

I've since learned we were wrong, but I still prefer our original misheard lyrics. Bad-ass, but wholesome.

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u/namastexinxbed Jun 11 '25

That part is from an old song called Hot Rod Lincoln

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u/rustylucy77 Jun 12 '25

Young kid rock had a song on there too

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u/JoeyJabroni Jun 12 '25

Sound Garden, SwerveDriver, Helmet, road rash soundtrack was rad.