I’ve noticed that the majority of bands I’ve loved since I was younger have entirely abandoned their old style for music that feels far more bland and uninteresting. It breaks my heart to no end when a band I’ve loved releases a new album and by halfway through you’re done with it.
Lately this has been happening too often to me. Anyone else notice this with their music selection of choice?
So many of my favorites mellowed out too far. Greenday, Metallica, Crystal Castles, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Franz Ferdinand, Blink 182, A Perfect Circle, the Black Keys, Bush, Elliot Smith (he didn’t get more mellow, but he started adding superfluous drums and such), Fever Ray, Foo Fighters, the White Stripes, Orgy, REM, RHCP, Soundgarden, Smashing Pumpkins, Toadies, Type O Negative.
As a counterpoint:
Tool was my favorite band in high school when Aenima came out. Then Lateralus was released in college and it became my favorite album. But when 10000 days was released in grad school I hated it. It took me ten years but I came around and now really enjoy it.