For example, I first heard Suburban Legends - Polyester, so I went to check Suburban Legends and they were just a regular ska band.
What’s your “that song was great, I wish the band did more of that” song and band?
90s glam hair rock bands all had a hit ballad, despite rock tempo wall of main sound. Then there’s Extreme. “More than words” is one of the best ballads of the time. They had the glam hair look. The rest of their music is jazz fusion funk. Decent, but no real hits/bangers.
I think Extreme is one of the best examples of this where their most popular song is absolutely nothing like the rest of their music.
Also the power balland bands all had similar singing styles Motley Crue/Axel Rose screaming out tone that you knew were part of the generic rock genre. In addition to the ballads having big rock climaxes. More than words is like a Simon and Garfunkle song, even if rest of catalogue pretty loud.
Harder to Breathe by Maroon 5 got me to buy the album only to find that rest of the album was completely different.
Peter Schilling, “Major Tom” (German and English versions).
7 Mary 3.
They had a hit that sounded dark and grungy. “Cumbersome”. The rest of the album was much less angsty/original/grungy. Disappointing.
Water’s Edge was also on the radio at the same time and had a pretty similar sound I thought.
“My My” on the same album had a lot of energy to it.
The best part was the demo version of cumbersome was so much better than the album version…WJRR in Orlando was instrumental in breaking them and it they played the original cumbersome all the time.
In my experience a lot of bands were one hit wonders with alternative music. Cracker low
Not so much song but album.
First, listen to Ministry - With Sympathy
Next, listen to any other ministry album
Don’t act like With Sympathy doesn’t have some great songs, nothing like Thieves, but with Sympathy isn’t a hack album.
That being said my God he created an entire genre music.
The Smiths - How Soon Is Now?
Talking Heads (Once in a Lifetime) and Joy Division (Love Will Tear Us Apart)
MGMT, although it’s more like 3 songs with a more electronic vibe and then everything else they’ve done since is pretty different. I remember them even saying they liked a different sound than what made them famous.
I went to a concert of theirs and they refused to play any of the songs they’re known for
Lana Del Rey - A&W
Lana makes great music, but none of it really matches the vibe of A&W, which is unfortunate as that song is phenomenal
The opposite happened with Extreme. Their hits (More than words and Hole Hearted) were OK but nothing to go crazy about. One day I was in the mood for that type of music so I looked into them. Blew my mind, their catalog is nothing like their hits, it’s awesome!
Nice to see a little hairband love in here.
For those curious, Extreme was featured in Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure. Great hair metal band with exquisite technical lead guitar skills.
Yeah, Nuno is a beast. Greatly underrated guitarist.
Dax - Dear God.
It’s an amazing rap song about question beliefs. The rest of his music is mostly country.
https://music.apple.com/us/album/dear-god/1480917084?i=1480917085
Slash - Beautiful Dangerous (feat. Fergie)
I was shocked when I found it was Fergie singing. Apparently Slash thought she would make a good rock signer and wrote the specifically with her in mind. And he wasn’t wrong.
That whole album by Slash is great!
“Under your scars” by Godsmack
Godsmack had some good hits.
Whatever
I stand alone
Voodoo
Sick of life
Maybe more, listened to them in high school
The one about the snek bites I remember being rather neat.
Then they signed a deal with the U.S. Navy and they never recovered for me.
Yeah, Fear Factory, Linchpin is a headbanging classic but the rest of their stuff just doesn’t do it for me. Maybe their Cars cover, but that’s it.
Yes!
Changes is a masterpiece. Don’t like any of their other music.
