I think Alkaline Trio is def more poppy then they used to be... I respect bands like Face to Face and No Use, they NEVER changed their style. In contrast, Brand New, who started out pop/punk has turned into more of an emo/hard rock band as of their last few cds. Bands can change and evolve to whatever they want... i say, LET THE BOYS PLAY WHAT THEY WANT!!! listen to what you want! If you like to listen to polka and country, thats your choice...
People are to fast to brand a style of music or the motivation behind the band doing what they do. if you can make a buttload of money doing something you love then... more power to you, i wish i could make money eating taco bell... id be content and fat old man....
dude, face to face changed alot over time, remember how pissed off some people were when big choice came out because it was softer?
and NUFAN definitely changed. Listen to their first few albums, with songs like biomag and legalize drugs, and then listen to songs like angela, or dumb reminders just to see how much they've changed.
eh, i dunno, your kinda right, but i think the same melodies, same riffs, same singing style, i mean you can listen to NUFAN : Any Number Can Play... (one of my favs on that album wahtever it is... i think hardrock bottom) and then listen to Old Whats his Name on that earlier album (Daily Grind) and you can still go, oh ok, this is No Use...
Some bands change styles so drastic that you hear them and not know what band they are. Face to Face is the same, you can hear a song and know right away its F2F... ya know what i mean?
I think both bands changed quite a bit. Listen to NUFAN's first cd...the one before "leche con carne". they've smoothed out over the years. The transition has been very smooth (and I can't wait to hear their next CD, coming out soon). But if you were compare their first CD to Hard Rock Bottom...you'd see a HUGE difference. (IMO)They have never sold out. They've only grown.
Same exact thing is true of Lagwagon. Their "Duh" is awesome, but it's quite different than "Blaze", but their transition has been smooth. (IMO)They have never sold out. They've only grown.
Face to Face did not have smooth transitions. When they came out with "Ignorance is Bliss". It was a whole new thing--much softer. ** Now it's their music, and they can go in any direction they want. I personally feel this album was a huge disappointment. I felt betrayed. I hated the direction they went in.
(**it was mentioned earlier that "big choice" was a let down, but it wasn't. That was F2F's 2nd album, and one of their best. I started listening to F2F around the time their 3rd album dropped. That was something like 11 years ago. I don't think you guys even knew who they were when that came out.)
Oddly enough, their decision to put this album out was the complete opposite of selling out. Fortunately.... F2F loved their old fans, and came back to that style. This may or may not be considered selling out. To me, they didn't have the same sound anymore, but it WAS more like the older stuff. I have mixed opinions on this one. I feel that F2F actually DID sell out. But I'm glad they did, or else I wouldn't have gotten more great music that I love from F2F.
sorry.... i meant "ignorance is bliss" when i said "big choice"
just making sure. :)
I guess you guys are right, but i still think you can pick up any album from F2F or Nufan and say... oh... this is "whatever". ya know? bands that sell out, you can hardly tell its them when they change, thats what im talking about.
seriously... listen to JEWs earlier albums and then listen to their newest ones. its unrecognizable. Their old stuff is closer to pennywise, its just regular old punk, it was actually pretty cool. if i hadn't known it was JEW i was listening to, I wouldn't have even guessed. I like their new stuff now though too.
hmmm good point, jew DOES sound ALOT dif from their earlier albums... but yeah i like their new stuff too... i dunno... the whole music thing and selling out thing is soo confusing... i guess in the end it doesnt matter... just listen to what you like.
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i said in here before but what i was originally talking about bands changing their music wasn't selling out. it was just bands changing up their style but still being good