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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;)
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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."
Not from me. Was one of the first that came to my mind.
However, in no way is that a bad thing;)
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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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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.
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.
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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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.
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Again I would'nt describe these as quality but each to there own.
Metallica have somewhat of a trademark sound.
Queens of the Stone Age are probably my favourite band I can think of that has'nt been mentioned that have a sound and are quality
well going by what i heard a metal head saying at the record shop when arguing why metallica sucks now, he said "atleast new metal church sounds like old metal church." though ive only heard a few metal church songs im gonna have to say them also.
about pj, i dont know about that. i dont recall the uke being around since the beginning or boom. and i really cant picture them doing a song like leash or evenflow today. plus they really didnt do the punk sound until maybe dte.
well going by what i heard a metal head saying at the record shop when arguing why metallica sucks now, he said "atleast new metal church sounds like old metal church." though ive only heard a few metal church songs im gonna have to say them also.
about pj, i dont know about that. i dont recall the uke being around since the beginning or boom. and i really cant picture them doing a song like leash or evenflow today. plus they really didnt do the punk sound until maybe dte.
I agree with you. I think No Code is a great example of how they changed their sound, and then to Yield, and so on. I think their albums are each unique, but everyone has their opinion. I happen to agree with your's.
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I agree with you. I think No Code is a great example of how they changed their sound, and then to Yield, and so on. I think their albums are each unique, but everyone has their opinion. I happen to agree with your's.
Me too. If anything, Pearl Jam are frustratingly DIFFERENT with each album. I wish that Avocado was just slightly darker a la Riot Act, and I was thrown off PJ for a couple of years after hearing Binaural. It was just SO different to the PJ I knew and loved at the time.
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well going by what i heard a metal head saying at the record shop when arguing why metallica sucks now, he said "atleast new metal church sounds like old metal church." though ive only heard a few metal church songs im gonna have to say them also.
about pj, i dont know about that. i dont recall the uke being around since the beginning or boom. and i really cant picture them doing a song like leash or evenflow today. plus they really didnt do the punk sound until maybe dte.
I would class Whipping, STBC, Blood, and Lukin all as having the punk sound not to mention the cover of Sonic Reducer, but I agree I think Pearl jam mix it up toa large degree compared to the majority of bands mentioned in this thread.
Metallica have somewhat of a trademark sound.
Queens of the Stone Age are probably my favourite band I can think of that has'nt been mentioned that have a sound and are quality
Queens of the Stone Age are great, but they have definitely changed their sound. Lullabies to Paralyze was totally different from anything else they have ever done. The same goes for all their albums. Each one is a different beast. The S/T was a bass-heavy robot rock album, and R was slightly different. Poppier with songs like Ode to Clarissa, Lost Art, and Pointless. Those songs would have seemed horribly out of place in the S/T.
Then came Songs for the Deaf, and that was completely different from R in that it was a hundred times heavier and raw, in that Mark Lanegan is a main member of the band rather than a guest vocal.
Now Era Vulgaris is coming out, and the news is it/s nothing like any other Queens records. Era Vulgaris is going to be more about the vocals, where Josh breaks out of his comfortable range of singing.
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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
"No one cares about climbing stairs, Nothing at the top no more." Chris Cornell
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."
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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Oh, I suppose you could count the new song too, but it's a fairly faithful cover, rather than a creative departure.
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.
As far as your example goes, check out Leash vs Elderly Woman. They've always had a good mix on each album.
Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
-Oscar Wilde
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.
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the ramones used to do it
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Franz Ferdinand
First band that I thought of. I'll also add Jack Johnson.
The Strokes
Deftones (the only thing that really has changed is the way Chino uses his voice... he screams more now.)
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new pornographers
sloan
black crowes
oasis
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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pj makes changes, not really wide changes...
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He said bands that are still quality, there is more life in a shooting alley full of smack heads than a Coldplay song.
Again I would'nt describe these as quality but each to there own.
Metallica have somewhat of a trademark sound.
Queens of the Stone Age are probably my favourite band I can think of that has'nt been mentioned that have a sound and are quality
about pj, i dont know about that. i dont recall the uke being around since the beginning or boom. and i really cant picture them doing a song like leash or evenflow today. plus they really didnt do the punk sound until maybe dte.
Me too. If anything, Pearl Jam are frustratingly DIFFERENT with each album. I wish that Avocado was just slightly darker a la Riot Act, and I was thrown off PJ for a couple of years after hearing Binaural. It was just SO different to the PJ I knew and loved at the time.
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I would class Whipping, STBC, Blood, and Lukin all as having the punk sound not to mention the cover of Sonic Reducer, but I agree I think Pearl jam mix it up toa large degree compared to the majority of bands mentioned in this thread.
Queens of the Stone Age are great, but they have definitely changed their sound. Lullabies to Paralyze was totally different from anything else they have ever done. The same goes for all their albums. Each one is a different beast. The S/T was a bass-heavy robot rock album, and R was slightly different. Poppier with songs like Ode to Clarissa, Lost Art, and Pointless. Those songs would have seemed horribly out of place in the S/T.
Then came Songs for the Deaf, and that was completely different from R in that it was a hundred times heavier and raw, in that Mark Lanegan is a main member of the band rather than a guest vocal.
Now Era Vulgaris is coming out, and the news is it/s nothing like any other Queens records. Era Vulgaris is going to be more about the vocals, where Josh breaks out of his comfortable range of singing.
Sorry for the long rant, but I had to say it!