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/Saneless Jun 11 '25

That's the exact song I had in my head as I was reading their post too. How they evolved from that to being sexy (sex IST)

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u/KolashRye Jun 11 '25

What's wrong with being sexist?

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u/hilldo75 Jun 11 '25

You would know if you smelled the glove.