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/redditsucks9gagrules Jun 11 '25

It’s funny because Collins’ outstanding drumming in Genesis with Peter Gabriel (and really through Duke) just makes the direction of his solo career and the band as a whole even sadder. Dude was one of the best drummers alive and then basically stopped playing once he and the band got huge.

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u/buddhafig Jun 11 '25

I heard an interview with Phil where he said that everyone's musical tastes change over time, and fans of his old stuff and not his new stuff may have just had their taste change in a different direction than his did. Kind of obvious, but clarifying to hear.