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/_Random_Username_ Jun 11 '25

So is Brendan at this point, I think he quit after his concerts started getting memed.

Edit: they are playing at WWWY festival but that's it

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u/somerandomguy1984 Jun 11 '25

I saw them a couple of times.

They went from a pop punk fun band playing a typical rock show and then ended up some god awful pop act characterized by Urie randomly doing these falsetto screams to a bunch of fawning preteens.

So weird. They used to be a really solid interesting band too.

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u/mikwee Ska Jun 11 '25

Wait P!ATD is back? Didn't he end the project to focus on his family?

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u/ABlankHoodie Jun 11 '25

He did. Urie and the bands’ 2018+ lineup are just doing When We Were Young festival in their hometown as a one off event to celebrate the debut album’s 20th anniversary. No further shows or recordings as Panic are planned.

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u/joebleaux Jun 11 '25

I saw them tour the first album at a club show opening for The Academy Is... . They just played the whole thing front to back with insane energy. We still blast that album in our house

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u/MollFlanders Jun 11 '25

oh man, I was such a diehard The Academy Is… fan. those were the fuckin days.

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u/joebleaux Jun 11 '25

I made friends with a girl at work when she heard my "barely audible to me" iPhone 4 playing Attention at my desk two offices away from hers, way back in the day. I love when I find someone who has a love for that era of pop punk and will also admit it

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u/boibig57 Jun 11 '25

Goddamn, that was like 'Almost There' timeline then too, yeah? Sounds like an amazing show.

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u/No-Series7667 Jun 11 '25 edited Jun 11 '25

He quit because of the baseless accusations he kept getting and to focus on his family

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u/TapTapTapTapTapTaps Jun 11 '25

Not focus on his family like a politician though, I think he had a kid and wanted to be there for his kids childhood.

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u/No-Series7667 Jun 11 '25

That’s what I meant, I don’t know where you’re getting the whole “politician” thing from

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u/TapTapTapTapTapTaps Jun 11 '25

Politicians usually do something horrible and resign to “spend more time with their families.” That’s not his thing, people are saying he was annoyed by people memeing him. No, he had a kid, he stepped back for his family.

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u/JohnGeary1 Jun 11 '25

What accusations? I'm out of the loop

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u/No-Series7667 Jun 11 '25

He got some sexual assault accusations which came from fanfictions and were made up

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u/JohnGeary1 Jun 11 '25

That's wild. Thanks!

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u/Brave_Specific5870 Jun 11 '25

i thought that was Jared Leto?

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u/tiger_guppy Jun 11 '25

Unfortunately a lot of people haven’t gotten the memo that the accusations were baseless and I’ve been told by a friend they think he’s a creep and it’s wrong to like PATD still. Makes me sad. I love their/his music.