# Musicians/groups that underwent huge transformations

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 5, 2005, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musicians-groups-that-underwent-huge-transformations/283244 "2005-01-05T18:44:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![sleeepy2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@sleeepy2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleeepy2)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2005, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musicians-groups-that-underwent-huge-transformations/283244/81 "2005-01-10T03:38:58Z")

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Van Halen went from _Hot For Teacher_ to _Why Can’t This Be Love_ in the space of one album (Curse you, Hagar!)

Aerosmith was a killer rock band, now they’re writing ballads for movie soundtracks.

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