00:00Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're counting down our picks for those bands that started
00:26at one place, but ended up somewhere that was creatively different from their origins.
00:3110.
00:38Goo Goo Dolls
00:39Hey, did you know that the Goo Goo Dolls were actually once signed to a heavy metal record
00:51label?
00:52That's right, Metal Blade Records released two of the Buffalo Band's early efforts during
00:55a time when Goo Goo Dolls were a much louder, much heavier proposition.
01:00Hang in the car, my fucking noise.
01:05You and Michelle, I guess it's a choice.
01:08Their self-titled debut from 1987 was even more raw, embodying a punk rock spirit that's
01:14all but absent on the band's commercial outings.
01:17Granted, the transition from indie Noisenix wasn't immediate since the Goo Goo Dolls released
01:23Superstar Car Wash on Warner Bros. prior to their platinum-selling success, a boy named
01:28Goo.
01:29Still, the differences in sound here feel like a completely different band.
01:33And I won't tell no one your name…
01:399.
01:40Bring Me The Horizon
01:41The term Deathcore has meant different things to different people over the years.
01:53To some older music fans, it was the bestial mixture of black metal and thrash found within
01:59Brazilian bands like Sarcófago.
02:01The modern definition of Deathcore is far more literal, combining the breakdown-heavy sensibility
02:07of metalcore with guttural vocals and extreme intensity.
02:11How can you feel mine?
02:16Bring Me The Horizon inhabited a fairly unoriginal yet highly popular corner of this space on their
02:21debut album, Count Your Blessings.
02:24The desire to experiment with this formula soon bit hard upon the band, however, and future albums
02:29would see BMTH abandoning Deathcore in favor of a more difficult-to-categorize mishmash.
02:35Electronica, hip-hop, metal, and more would all join the party, while Deathcore made a quiet
02:41exit.
02:42So you can drive me to the world, tomorrow's time to come back, the year of the whole family.
02:508.
02:51Journey
02:52The 1970s were a halcyon decade for jazz fusion, with all sorts of talented musicians
03:01testing the limits of this musical space.
03:04One of those bands was Journey, which in those days was fronted by keyboardist Greg Raleigh.
03:09The band's sound here sort of makes sense, given guitarist Neil Sean's pedigree alongside
03:14Carlos Santana, but to compare Journey's first couple of albums to the work they did with
03:18singer Steve Perry is quite interesting.
03:28The focus on Journey's debut trinity of albums is on guitar playing, keyboard runs, and powerful
03:33dynamic drumming.
03:34The vocals are almost an afterthought, as the songs wind their way around lengthy instrumental
03:39sections.
03:40It's honestly pretty awesome, but yeah, Journey sounds completely different here, for sure.
03:517.
03:52Pantera
03:59This idea of Pantera as a hair metal band doesn't really seem so far-fetched, given the Abbott
04:05Brothers' well-known love of Kiss and Van Halen.
04:08Still, the band's legacy as one of the heaviest bands in the land, made the availability of
04:12their 80s period reside primarily within the worlds of grey market releases and bootlegs.
04:18This is a shame, too, because Pantera's debut LP with vocalist Phil Anselmo, Power Metal,
04:23rocks from first note to last.
04:25Meanwhile, the band's three albums with former singer Terry Glaze also have their fair share
04:37of guitar hero rippers, including I Am The Night and Taking My Life.
04:41We'll say it with pride right here and now.
04:44Justice for Pantera's glam days!
04:46No.6 Beastie Boys
04:55Sure, they weren't a rock band for very long, but the uncompromising spirit of punk never
05:07really strayed too far away from what the Beastie Boys achieved over the course of their career.
05:12It's the Poliwog Stew EP that serves as the main recorded legacy from the Beastie's days
05:17as a hardcore band, however.
05:18A short and furious slice of wax… from the early years.
05:22The Beastie Boys would eventually transition into a sort of hip-hop-rock crossover before
05:33firmly embracing a new and exciting career path.
05:36But not before actually revisiting this punk-rock era with a 1995 EP titled, Aglio e Olio.
05:43This latter release served as a nice way of connecting the Beastie Boys' past with their
05:47present.
05:545.
05:55Metallica
06:03The 90s weren't exactly friendly to the commercial profile of heavy metal.
06:07The lion's share of the old guard seemed desperately trying to streamline their sounds, while most
06:13of the most extreme stuff burrowed its way deeper underground.
06:17Metallica remained the biggest metal band in the world throughout this time.
06:20But, well, mistakes were made.
06:22The Load and Reload album saw Metallica cutting their hair and writing more rock songs than
06:34anthems of speed or thrash metal.
06:37Meanwhile, St. Anger from 2003 was even worse, an ill-advised musical experiment without guitar
06:43solos that also featured quite possibly the worst-sounding snare drum sound in the history
06:49of recorded music.
06:51Metallica eventually righted the ship, but these albums certainly sunk the dreams of many fans.
06:57It's the only one who's got to play, but it's the only one who's got to play, but it's the
07:09only one who's got to play.
07:10These proudly progressive indie mavericks are almost certainly happy to be rid of the post-grunge
07:16identity that was largely given to them by critics back in the day.
07:20Radiohead emerged with a certified hit on MTV with Creep, a song taken from their debut album
07:25Pablo Honey.
07:35The band never felt quite comfortable being commercial darlings, of course, and soon expanded
07:40their songwriting with the epic, critically acclaimed LP OK Computer.
07:44But Radiohead weren't done.
07:46Future LPs like Hail to the Thief, In Rainbows, and Kid A were becoming even more uncategorizable,
07:52as Radiohead bid a not-so-fond farewell to the pop star life.
08:033.
08:04Bee Gees
08:10They may have been synonymous with Saturday Night Fever and the disco nightlife scene,
08:15but the Bee Gees actually possess a long and interesting recorded history.
08:19Their early LPs are very much cut from the pop, psych, and Baroque movements that were emerging
08:32during the 1960s, with the Bee Gees actually releasing a dozen albums before the words Funky,
08:38Night, or Fever would enter their cultural lexicon.
08:42Of these, it's the period between 1967 and 1969 that's probably of the most interest to
08:55prog and psych rock historians, since it's here where the Bee Gees do the most experimentation.
09:01Albums like Idea, Burst, and Horizontal remain quite interesting talking points when it comes
09:06to the Bee Gees' lengthy discography.
09:172.
09:18Fleetwood Mac
09:26Never underestimate the power of injecting some new, fresh, creative blood into a band.
09:32Fleetwood Mac were no strangers to writing, recording, or touring prior to joining up
09:36with Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks.
09:38They enjoyed plenty of cult fame with their hard-edged and psychedelic-play-fueled brand
09:43of British blues rock.
09:45Talented members like Peter Green, Jeremy Spencer, Bob Welch, and Danny Kirkwin all spent
09:50time in Mac during this time and created some true musical magic.
10:02It would be Mac's collaboration with Buckingham and Nicks, however, that would result in a
10:06new Fleetwood Mac, one that embraced commercial pop songwriting right alongside their heavy
10:11blues roots.
10:12And the rest, as they say, is rumors.
10:15Err, we mean history.
10:17Never break, never, never say you don't let me die.
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10:36Number 1.
10:39The Beatles
10:48Some bands love to play it safe, refusing to break things that aren't broken.
10:52Still, others, such as The Beatles, grow restless with the pop charts and desire to play around
10:58in the recording studio.
10:59This desire to push their music ever forward essentially meant that the short and simple
11:03love songs of their youth were out.
11:05Strawberry fields, nothing is real.
11:13Long and winding roads of tape loops, sound effects, odd chords, and introspective songwriting
11:18were in.
11:19Beatles fans thankfully followed along, eager to hear what their idols would come up with
11:23next.
11:24Meanwhile, these lads from Liverpool wound up not only making themselves happy, but they almost
11:29single-handedly helped shift market focus away from 45 RPM singles and into the LP album
11:34as an art.
11:35Woke up, fell out of bed, dragged a comb across my head.
11:40Do you celebrate your favorite band's entire discography?
11:44Or do you pick and choose where to drop off?
11:47Does an artist's whole career matter?
11:49Let us know in the comments.
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