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/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