Music Acts that Jumped the Shark
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Music Acts that Jumped the Shark

This is a list of music acts that started out cool and innovative...but then made such DRASTIC, ridiculous changes to their sound that they converted to processed cheese and never recovered.



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  • 1
    Genesis_Musical Groups & Artists_General
    From "Supper's Ready" to "I Can't Dance", I challenge anyone to come up with a band that started out this interesting and wound up this embarrassing.
    Hard rock,Pop rock,Progressive rock,Rock music,Soft rock,Symphonic rock
    Godalming
    From Genesis to Revelation,Genesis Live,Nursery Cryme,Selling England by the Pound,Trespass,Foxtrot,3 X 3,Abacab,...And Then There Were Three...,And the Word Was...,Archive 1967-1975,Archive #2 1976-1992,A Trick of the Tail,Calling All Stations,From Genesis to Revelation (Music Club version),Genesis 1976-1982,Genesis 1983-1998,Genesis Archi
    ABC Records,Atco Records,Atlantic Records,Charisma Records,Decca Records,Rhino Entertainment,Impulse! Records,Virgin Records
  • 2
    Jefferson Airplane_Hall of fame inductee_Musical Groups & Artists_General
    I'm of course including the eventual conversion to Starship via Jefferson Starship. WTF was that?!
    Acid rock,Folk rock,Hard rock,Psychedelic rock,Rock music
    San Francisco
    Bless Its Pointed Little Head,Crown of Creation,Jefferson Airplane Takes Off,Surrealistic Pillow,Volunteers,After Bathing at Baxter's,2400 Fulton Street: An Anthology,2400 Fulton Street (disc 1),Bark,Feed Your Head: Live '67-'69,Flight Log,Journey: The Best Of,Live at the Monterey Festival,Loves You,Preflight,Rockstars in Concert,Takes Off,
    Epic Records,RCA Records
  • 3
    Chicago_Person_Award Winner_Musical Groups & Artists_General
    Those early albums host some of the best music of the 70s. What was that schlock in the 80s?
    Hard rock,Jazz fusion,Pop rock,Progressive rock,Rock music
    Chicago
    Chicago XXX,Group Portrait, Volume 1,Night & Day Big Band,The Very Best of Chicago,Chicago Story: The Complete Greatest Hits 1967-2002,Overtime,25 or 6 to 4 (Chicago Live),Chicago 13,Chicago 16,Chicago 17,Chicago 18,Chicago 19,Chicago: 25 Years of Gold,Chicago at Carnegie Hall,Chicago Christmas: What's It Gonna Be, Santa?,Chicago/Eart
    Columbia Records,Rhino Entertainment,Warner Bros.
  • 4
    Rod Stewart_Guitarist_Person_Hall of fame inductee_Musical Groups & Artists_General
    No comment needed.
    Blue-eyed soul,Blues-rock,Pop music,Rock music,Hard rock,Pop rock
    London
    Atlantic Crossing,Every Picture Tells a Story,Never a Dull Moment,Sing It Again Rod,Smiler,Gasoline Alley,1964 - 1969,Ain't That Loving You Baby,An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down,As Time Goes By: the Great American Songbook 2,A Night on the Town,A Spanner in the Works,Best of Rod Stewart Featuring "Reason to Believe",Best of Rod Stewa
    Atlantic Records,J Records,Mercury Records,Riva Records,Vertigo Records,Warner Bros. Records
    England,United Kingdom
  • 5
    REO Speedwagon_Musical Groups & Artists_General
    OK, so they weren't EVER that innovative....but they started out as a great rock band...and wound up as something much lighter. I'd gladly go see them live again if Gary R got his act together and rejoined the band.
    Hard rock,Pop rock,Rock music,Soft rock
    Champaign
    Hi Infidelity,Take It on the Run: The Best of REO Speedwagon,The Second Decade of Rock and Roll 1981 to 1991,You Can Tune a Piano, But You Can't Tuna Fish,Extended Versions,The Hits,A Decade of Rock and Roll 1970 to 1980,Building the Bridge,Find Your Own Way Home,Good Trouble,Live: You Get What You Play For,Lost in a Dream,Ridin' the Storm
    Epic Records
  • 6
    Liz Phair_Person_Musical Groups & Artists_General
    Alternative rock,Indie rock,Lo-fi music,Pop rock,Rock music
    Exile in Guyville,Juvenilia,Somebody's Miracle,Whip-Smart,Whitechocolatespaceegg,Liz Phair,Comeandgetit,Girly Sound,Supernova
    ATO Records,Capitol Records,Matador Records
    United States

Comments


comment by Christmas Music on December 03, 2009 05:38 about Music Acts that Jumped the Shark
I can't disagree with any of these, tho i think considering "I can't dance" to be still good is pushing it. Should also add CSN to this list :)

comment   by anonymous on August 24, 2009 16:48 about Music Acts that Jumped the Shark
What about the Prepositional Phrases? They started out as the greatest harmonizers of all time, but then got rid of their best singer, Jake the snake.

  







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