I hate it when you like a band, but then their sound changes and you feel like you should keep liking them because they're bound to have a couple "old school" songs on all their records. Old NUFAN is so great - I could listen to the discs from beginning to end. But slowly, they've produced records that force you to skip a song here, a song there, but we have to remain faithful, because what's in between those poor songs is great.
I think the only annoying part is that if I heard the bad songs on the radio or at a show, I would totally think the band sucked. I guess it takes a lot to be creative all the time, but I hate the fact that the beginning records a band puts out can be so great, then the next ones are just mediocre.
It's easy to do that. You love a band if you hear it, but they're bound to change in style and you don't always love that too.
Saves the Day, for instance, started with short, harder quick punk rock songs. Then they moved to rockin' emo, but mostly rock. Then it came to emoish rock. Their last was weird trippy emo, as if the band was on heavy hallucinogens while making their music. I loved their first three, last one wasn't as great.
No Use, I pretty much love all of it, except very early stuff, actually. I like Hard Rock and Betterness a lot actually, two of my all time favorite albums, I'm a big fan of the rhythmic rock in those albums. I also love Making Friends and Leche, they're a little more aggressive. Don't Miss the Train is pretty good, Daily Grind is bearable, and Incognito I can't listen to. Just not my style. I like the way they have evolved, although I could go for more of the energy in Making Friends.