The article makes me wonder if kids today even know that Dave Grohl used to play bass for Soundgarden before starting Foo Fighters.

Pre- Tool

this one blew my mind:

styckx: No mention how Incubus used to rock and not just be a whiny hipster love me daddy rock ballad band of pussification.

This album kicked ass and they even mentioned Primus and Mr. Bungle in the liner notes as an influence in making it. Everything else after this sucked a giant bag of dicks. (yes even Science)

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I never heard that. I really liked what I thought were the first 3 incubus albums (Science to morning view) and everyone always said Science was their first so I never looked into Fungus. I would definitely call it a major style change between the first and last of just those 3 so I couldn't imagine something crazier than science.

/those 3 albums definitely don't suck

Pre-Zombie Zombie

El Freak: And why has no one posted this?

Yes, it's THAT Ronnie James Dio.

GAAA!

also:

acronym: this one blew my mind:
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Creed was cool before cool was cool

Wham and Tears For Fears both started out as ska bands.

NuttierThanEver: No Billy Joel or Tori Amos heavy metal albums?

/list fail

More like hair metal lite, but she made up for it with a push-up bra and plenty of Aqua Net...

Surf music's Crossfires, who recorded "Fiberglass Jungle:



became The Turtles ("Happy Together" and dozens more):



who devolved into Phlorescent Leech & Eddie then Flo & Eddie:



who joined the Mothers ("200 Motels" era):



and are now back to being the Turtles.

Gunny Highway: That was very annoying with Sugar Ray albums. One half would be great music and the other half would be annoying whiny crappy music.

I know you were making fun of the other post but seriously Floored is a pretty decent album outside of "Fly". Talk about a song that really really really didn't belong on the album it was on.

acronym: this one blew my mind:
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Creed got kicked out of the 'Grass Roots' when he dropped acid right before a show in SF and couldn't function on stage. Became very disoriented and took off his pants before he was escorted offstage.

thecpt: styckx: No mention how Incubus used to rock and not just be a whiny hipster love me daddy rock ballad band of pussification.

This album kicked ass and they even mentioned Primus and Mr. Bungle in the liner notes as an influence in making it. Everything else after this sucked a giant bag of dicks. (yes even Science)

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I never heard that. I really liked what I thought were the first 3 incubus albums (Science to morning view) and everyone always said Science was their first so I never looked into Fungus. I would definitely call it a major style change between the first and last of just those 3 so I couldn't imagine something crazier than science.

/those 3 albums definitely don't suck

thecpt: styckx: No mention how Incubus used to rock and not just be a whiny hipster love me daddy rock ballad band of pussification.

This album kicked ass and they even mentioned Primus and Mr. Bungle in the liner notes as an influence in making it. Everything else after this sucked a giant bag of dicks. (yes even Science)

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I never heard that. I really liked what I thought were the first 3 incubus albums (Science to morning view) and everyone always said Science was their first so I never looked into Fungus. I would definitely call it a major style change between the first and last of just those 3 so I couldn't imagine something crazier than science.

/those 3 albums definitely don't suck

Probably the best song off Fungus Amongus and gives a nice overview of the style of the album. Lot more funk and heavy guitar driven songs: Link

I find it difficult to believe that Lady Gaga's face was, at any point, considered "normal."

I remember one of my barracks roomies had that Sugar Ray album that was a pretty decent rock album. I ended up picking that up then was quite surprised when their next album came out.

downstairs: hbk72777: And Vince Gill was a hard rocker

I wouldn't say hard rock, if you're speaking of Pure Prarie League... but it wasn't pure country. Sort of the seeds of country rock. And some pretty good songs.

He actually started out as a bluegrass singer then morphed into the country/rock start.

Who would have guessed that Snakes n' Barrels would only be the beginning of his career?

Metallica started off as a metal band.

No, really!

This might be a bit too obscure for the American market, but one of the bigger "shockers" in this regard was "Aphrodite's Child", a progressive rock group featuring both Vangelis and Demis Roussos. Vangelis is pretty well known for his synth soundtracks (Chariots of Fire, Ridley Scott's 1492), the latter enjoyed some popularity in the German "schlager" circuit (i.e. saccharine pop aimed at the elderly). Fat, bearded, jovial Greek dude singing silly love songs.

It's basically Roger Whittaker and Yanni getting together to form Genesis.

/And yeah, I'm aware that looking at their 80s/90s track record, Genesis might be a good example themselves

John Tesh started off as a glam rocker.

How about Ed King of Lynyrd Skynyrd fame? The opening lick of Sweet Home Alabama was written and recorded by him (among tons of other tunes). Here^ he is in Strawberry Alarm Clock.

RZA's first song was a corny rap song called "We Love You Rakeem".

Before he shaved his head and covered himself in poo

Annoying ass Skrillex was in an annoying emo band.

CSB

I actually own a 45 EP from the Beastie Boys punk stage. They fake English accents and everything, it's pretty hysterical.

TheJoe03: Annoying ass Skrillex was in an annoying emo band.

He was also in the goonies and the voice for donatello

TheJoe03: Annoying ass Skrillex was in an annoying emo band.

Annoying ass Skrillex was in an annoying ass emo band
Post annoying ass emo band he made some of the worlds shiattiest electronica(no joke) under his real name, Sonny Moore
Sonny Moore then had his "style" crafted for him by other individuals who provided him plugins for Massive and other production tools
Sonny Moore then proceeded to take every sound these new plugins can create, and threw them into a blender
Swifly he hit "liquify" on the blender
The resulting noise is what we know today as "Skrillex"

Everyone seems to forget that Pink Floyd started as a banjo trio, a washtub bass and a washboard. Trying to learn the electric guitar drove Syd Barrett nuts.

Strategeryz0r: I find it difficult to believe that Lady Gaga's face was, at any point, considered "normal."

If by that you mean she was a pretty gal before she got deep into the Gaga character, I agree, she was indeed a cute girl:

ZAZ: The 1970s saw two good, new, progressive rock bands, Journey and Toto, who are now remembered as 1980s pop rock ballad generators.

Now get off my lawn while I cry into the nicely manicured grass over what's become of music.

I loved Heart in the 1970s. The 1980s nearly ruined them for me.

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Not sure what's so bad about that pic of Sepultura. That's how I like to remember them!

I got my hands on an original pressing of Killing Jokes first album and they very Depeche Mode, whatever genre that music was.

Most people don't start where they wind up because you start off where you think you want to be based on the people around you. Then you say "fark this" and find a new you. Sometimes it's for the better, sometimes it's to deliver pizzas until you get a DUI and wind up living in a cardboard box down by the river because they took your van.

NuttierThanEver: No Billy Joel or Tori Amos heavy metal albums?

/list fail

Came here to congratulate list on not trotting out the tired "Tori Amos was in a metal band!!1" thing...

Damn, Lady Gaga used to be pretty hot.

shoegaze99: Strategeryz0r: I find it difficult to believe that Lady Gaga's face was, at any point, considered "normal."

If by that you mean she was a pretty gal before she got deep into the Gaga character, I agree, she was indeed a cute girl:

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She looks better there than she does now. But those dimples man. I dunno.

Then again I have never met a decidedly east coast woman that I thought "hmm, that's hot." New York/New Jersey chicks especially are just fugly to me.

Spinal Tap changed quite drastically over the years.

influx: The article makes me wonder if kids today even know that Dave Grohl used to play bass for Soundgarden before starting Foo Fighters.

4/10

Gaga on phish tour in the 90's