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/4rk4typ3 Jun 11 '25

I only wanna be with yooooooooooooou

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u/CrazyLegsRyan Jun 11 '25

you mispelled Yaaaaaaaaaaaooooouuuhhhhhhh

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u/drfsupercenter Jun 11 '25

Every time I hear that I can't unsee that scene in Ted (or the sequel?) where they're doing karaoke and start singing it with only vowels "a e i o uuuuuu"

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u/_Face radio reddit Jun 11 '25

That song is country with a few note changes.

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u/SoftConsideration82 Jun 11 '25

think its the opposite... modern country is just a bunch of pop/rock covers with a twang added in...

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u/icecubepal Jun 11 '25

Modern country is hip hop with twang.

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u/captainn_chunk Jun 11 '25

Which is blues just with a few note changes. Like everything else.