Which singers or bands are out there that you can think of that constantly change musical styles? I can think of a couple
**1) Kenny Loggins. **
[ul][li]1970’s in Loggins and Messina - Easy Listning/Country rock/Folk[/li][li]Late 70’s to late 80’s - Rock n roll[/li][li]Late 80’s till Now - New age/Childrens songs[/ul][/li]2) U2[ul]
[li]Late 70’s to Late 80’s - Punk inspired rock (No, I’m not saying they played punk music, but their rock was inspired to some extend by punk)[/li][li]Late 80’s - Joshua Tree and Rattle and Hum - More…shall we say, folksy rock?..[/li][li]90’s - Primarily dance and pop music[/li][li]2000’s - Back to rock again.[/ul][/li]Any others you can think of?
Lou Reed has changed a lot. I’m sure someone else around here can be more precise about how and when.
Madonna, obviously.
Neil Young: folk, rock, electronic, early grunge, rockabilly, blues, etc.
Jefferson Airplane: psychadelic rock
Jefferson Starship: slick 70s pop
Starship: Inexcusable crap
Ah, I’ve just thought up one. Dax Riggs.
In the early '90s, Dax was the singer for New Orleans sludgecore/acid metal band Acid Bath. They quickly gained a cult following, and produced two CDs, *When the Kite String Pops * (1994) and Paegan Terrorism Tactics (1996). In 1997 their bassist was killed in a tragic accident by a drunk driver, and the band split. In 2000 Riggs and former Acid Bath guitarist Mike Sanchez formed Agents of Oblivion, a more mellow sounding version of Acid Bath, basically. They were also more psychadelic. They produced a self titled album that year and then split.
Now Dax is the singer for another New Orleans band- Deadboy and the Elephantmen, which was formed in 2002. They are very mellow, slightly psychadelic, and almost mesmerizing at times, a far cry from the harsh torrents of guitar and staccato drumming that stylized Acid Bath.
Beck – alternates between pop-culture-pastiches and folksy acoustic stuff.
No Doubt popped into my head the second I saw this thread title.
Ween, Momus, David Bowie, REM, and U2 come immediately to mind as artists that consciously have tried on a lot of different styles. I don’t know if I would include in this category bands that simply “evolved,” or matured, or what have you. A lot of artists which started out as punk or garage rock ended up developing a completely different kind of sound–the Replacements, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Nick Cave, Bjork…the list is endless.
I suppose Fatboy Slim deserves a mention as well, although I greatly preferred his older, less annoying incarnation.
No one’s mentioned Bob Dylan yet? From pure folk, to electric folk, to country, to gospel, and all sorts of styles in between.
:eek:Hey, I liked “Sarah”, “We Built This City”, “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now”, and I’m sure there’s one or two others out there too.
He’s allways been kind of…I’ll say underground…hasn’t he? Anyway, I guess I wouldn’t know.
Hasn’t she allways been dance/pop?
I’ve only heard what songs he’s put out on the radio, and the style seems pretty consistant. But then again, if I bought his albums, I might think differently.
That’s a good one. Let’s see, they started out ska, then went more standard pop, and now, they want to be a little more rock, right? Or something like that?
I’m only familiar with three Fatboy Slim songs, “Praise you”, “Weapon of choice”, and “Rockafeller Skank”
I know that Weapon of Choice is only a year or two old, but anyway, I can’t think of any other songs.
That’s another good one too.
I see Ween has already been mentioned, so I’ll toss in The Flaming Lips.
I can’t beleive this hasn’t come up yet, but Tom Waits is a perfect example, IMO.
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Might be referring to his time with the Housemartins.
Spinal Tap 
Yeah … as he observed in an interview, after he puts out an album in one style, then tours behind it for a few months, he’s kind of tired of it, so he switches.