I am looking for examples of artists/bands who developed into something completely unrecognizable to the sound they started out with
Two really good examples of this are Fleetwood Mac (started as a blues group, developed into the band that made Rumours) and Goo Goo Dolls (started as a Husker-Du influenced punk band, developed into power-balladeers). Beastie Boys too.
E.H. Ruddock wrote:Silverchair and Green Day are two that come to mind
The Green Day one is kind of a tame example (they went from pop-punk to poppier pop-punk). I'm looking for something a bit more drastic. No clue about Silverchair
Not sure if Fleetwood Mac counts. Buckingham, Nicks, and Christine McVie were the chief songwriters once they joined. The earlier group was led by Peter Green.
rick malone wrote:Not sure if Fleetwood Mac counts. Buckingham, Nicks, and Christine McVie were the chief songwriters once they joined. The earlier group was led by Peter Green.
Still releasing music under the same name, so it counts for this thread
rick malone wrote:Not sure if Fleetwood Mac counts. Buckingham, Nicks, and Christine McVie were the chief songwriters once they joined. The earlier group was led by Peter Green.
Of course they count. Practially two different bands. And there was also a long period in between Green leaving and Buckingham/Nicks joining. They even had a few moderate hits in that period.