Bands that don't change their sound

musicismylife78
musicismylife78 Posts: 6,116
edited March 2007 in Other Music
Name some bands that dont change their sound from album to album, but still are a quality band. I cant think of too many
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  • donraven
    donraven Posts: 146
    Ac/dc
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    Halifax, NS - Sept 22, 2005
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  • Deadman
    Deadman Posts: 795
    i love them and they change slightly, but it's still their signature sound everytime around... bad religion
  • Alex_Coe
    Alex_Coe Posts: 762
    I'm sure there will be rabid hordes of bitches trying to argue this to death...

    Pearl Jam.

    Also Kyuss.
  • Gardenparty
    Gardenparty Posts: 1,910
    Alex_Coe wrote:
    I'm sure there will be rabid hordes of bitches trying to argue this to death...

    Pearl Jam.

    Also Kyuss.

    Not from me. Was one of the first that came to my mind.

    However, in no way is that a bad thing;)

    uhhh, Mono
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  • RyeGuy
    RyeGuy Posts: 215
    Pink Floyd
    "Makes much more sense to live in the present tense." Ed Ved

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  • Lifted
    Lifted Posts: 1,836
    Definatly COLDPLAY.....more than any other band i can think of.
  • FinsburyParkCarrots
    FinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    RockMan wrote:
    Pink Floyd


    Interesting. Syd once said of the band after he left, "When I went I felt the progress the group could have made. But it made none, none at all, except in the sense that it was continuing."
  • 1STmammal2wearPants
    1STmammal2wearPants Worcester, MA Posts: 2,997
    Gardenparty wrote:
    Not from me. Was one of the first that came to my mind.

    However, in no way is that a bad thing;)

    uhhh, Mono


    Pearl Jam didn't change their sound? Really? Check out 'Of the Girl' versus 'Leash.' While they may have kept their harder edge on many songs, each album varies completely from one to the next.
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    2021 Sea.Hear.Now
    2022 Camden
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  • FinsburyParkCarrots
    FinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    Ah, but they've never radically changed their sound, in the sense of doing a Kraftwerk-style Krautrock synth LP, or disco pop, or an assortment of Bavarian clog dancing tunes. You've never had that album where they reinvented themselves as an instrumental unit: they tried different compositional approaches, but they've always used guitars, bass, vocals, and occasional keys/mellotron/the odd strings/a fire extinguisher. And most - okay, not all - of the songs have, harmonically and melodically, been based around blues riffs, major or minor, or PT style power chords. Maybe Stupid Mop, or that Olympic Dream Whitney-spoof thing they did, are the furthest they've gone in trying different effects in terms of instrumentation. And that's coming from a huge, long term PJ head.

    Oh, I suppose you could count the new song too, but it's a fairly faithful cover, rather than a creative departure.
  • PearlJamaholic
    PearlJamaholic Posts: 2,019
    Deadman wrote:
    i love them and they change slightly, but it's still their signature sound everytime around... bad religion

    i disagree with this suffer sounds like stranger than fiction??? or against the grain sounds like gray race??? bad religion is a punk band that i think has changed their sound. danzig's misfits thats pretty much all the same.

    id also say ratm is one of these bands. though their first album was more bluesy i think any song could fit on any album for the most part.
    http://db.etree.org/PearlJamaholic
  • Abookamongstthemany
    Abookamongstthemany Posts: 8,209
    1STmammal2wearPants wrote:
    Pearl Jam didn't change their sound? Really? Check out 'Of the Girl' versus 'Leash.' While they may have kept their harder edge on many songs, each album varies completely from one to the next.

    As far as your example goes, check out Leash vs Elderly Woman. They've always had a good mix on each album.
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  • hailhail82
    hailhail82 Posts: 330
    Deadman wrote:
    i love them and they change slightly, but it's still their signature sound everytime around... bad religion


    Ah, aren't we forgetting Into The Unknown?
    But besides that, yeah. From Suffer onward it's been consistently amazing fast, harmony-laden punk. First band I thought of when I saw the thread.
    Using the word "methinks" in your message board posts doesn't make you look smart.
  • azwyldcats
    azwyldcats Posts: 711
    Neil Young but in a very good way

    Zeke

    Bon Jovi

    Marilyn Manson
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  • Lost_Clay
    Lost_Clay Posts: 1,085
    iron maiden
    tool

    the ramones used to do it
    "ah fuck it get in trouble"

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  • The Maestro
    The Maestro Posts: 100
    Red Hot Chili Peppers (although many would dispute calling them "good")
    Franz Ferdinand
  • DOSW
    DOSW Posts: 2,014
    Rage Against the Machine. I love them, but 99% of their songs could be on any other album of theirs and it would sound perfectly in place.
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  • culot4
    culot4 Posts: 775
    Tiki Barber wrote:
    Definatly COLDPLAY.....more than any other band i can think of.

    First band that I thought of. I'll also add Jack Johnson.
    Once in a while you can get shown the light, in the strangest of places if you look at it right.
  • Blind Melon
    Blind Melon Posts: 911
    Sparta
    The Strokes
    Deftones (the only thing that really has changed is the way Chino uses his voice... he screams more now.)
    If I could, think I would give in.
  • soulsinging
    soulsinging Posts: 13,202
    decemberists
    hold steady
    new pornographers
    sloan
    black crowes
    oasis
  • Ledbetterman10
    Ledbetterman10 Posts: 17,005
    RockMan wrote:
    Pink Floyd


    um...what? If you listen to Atom Heart Mother and then listen to The Wall, it sounds like two completely different bands.
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