One band with a whole lot of diverse music

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Name one band you know of and ONLY one band, that has a diverse collection of music. The one that I think that has a lot of diversity is Nightwish. Fast songs, and slow songs, with different instruments, and it's the first band that I've listened to that never gets boring..only better when you listen to it more than once.
 
Nine Inch Nails.

Seriously. Take Pretty Hate Machine (his first album) for example. It's mainly Industrial. Then with The Downward Spiral, there's some ambient songs, instrumentals, soft, metal, name-it-it's-got-it kinda stuff. The Fragile is kinda the same way. There's metal songs, soft songs, etc. Then comes With Teeth. While mostly consisted of softer-based songs, there's still those hard songs.
 
Qonfused said:
Nine Inch Nails.

Seriously. Take Pretty Hate Machine (his first album) for example. It's mainly Industrial. Then with The Downward Spiral, there's some ambient songs, instrumentals, soft, metal, name-it-it's-got-it kinda stuff. The Fragile is kinda the same way. There's metal songs, soft songs, etc. Then comes With Teeth. While mostly consisted of softer-based songs, there's still those hard songs.
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agreed or more accurately, Trent Reznor.
the changes in sound from album to album shows Trent's diversity and well...if that isn't enough for people, i believe Qonfused posted a link to a radio session in which Trent does a reggae beat dating back to his pre-Pretty Hate Machine days.

and oh...he has also worked with Tori Amos on a track or two.. one of them being "Past the mission"
 
Joe Jackson for sure...he goes from punk, to rock, to european, to jazz, to blues, to surf music, to french, to middle eastern. He is one of my favorite musicians...awesome!
 
Queens of the stone age? If you listen to R, and then Songs for the Deaf and Lullabies to Paralyze, the range of songs is pretty huge.
 
Pearl Jam.

They get a lot of fans because their first album is so commercial, but none of their albums after that sound anything the first.
 
mortiz said:
Goblin Cock (Yes, it's a real band).
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I love Goblin Cock n_n. "Stumped" is an awesome song. I've been thinking about getting their whole CD. Is it worth it?
 
Ummm. Liquid Tension Experiment have alot of pretty diverse songs including alot of jazz, funk, progressive and experimental elements.
 
Bon Jovi. They've pretty much mixed in every genre at some point or another.

-Angry Lawyer
 
From just starting really to get into NiN i must say them really.

Metallica did it in their genre of Metal (no debates, they have) but never expanded out of it

Chilli's did it pretty well, went from their funk/punk roots, to rock combining slow and heavy stuff
 
I agree with The Beatles, Radiohead, and Bowie.


A band I'll recomend for diversity is Black Rebel Motorcycle Club. Listen to their first two albums and then listen to their latest release "Howl." Very different sound on each album (especially howl) but they continue to maintain the same quality.
 
Guys its bands with a WHOLE LOT of diverse music. While I respect almost all the bands listed here and love most of em but listing them as really diverse? While people are entitled to their opinion you cant tell me its your opinion that gravity is fake...or that grass is blue.

NiN has some great variety but nothing hugely diverse at all. Led Zeppelin is probably the least diverse band listed here, along with metallica and radiohead. Led Zeppelin kicks mother****ing ass but seriously...I can think of maybe 2 genres of music they really expanded into and thats about it...you hear Led Zeppelin song you know its Zeppelin.

Example of diverse (not saying this band is diverse just an example). If you hear Van Morrisons Moondance then hear Gloria you would never believe they are the same band. Beatles Rocky Raccoon and Revolution #9...Joe Jacksons Memphis and Joe Jacksons We cant live together.

Please dont hurt me.
 
All these bands are just different variations on rock. Good rock, but rock nonetheless.

A safer bet would probably be Beck or Gorillaz.
 
MilkMan12 said:
NiN has some great variety but nothing hugely diverse at all. Led Zeppelin is probably the least diverse band listed here, along with metallica and radiohead. Led Zeppelin kicks mother****ing ass but seriously...I can think of maybe 2 genres of music they really expanded into and thats about it...you hear Led Zeppelin song you know its Zeppelin.
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How much Radiohead have you listened to? I'd really doubt that any non-Radiohead listener would be able to identify that Creep and Treefingers are products of the same band. Each LP, with the exception of Hail to the Thief, is a different genre, with the most obvious examples being Kid A and it's counterpart Amnesiac. That's 2 albums worth of music that's completely different than their humble beginnings in Pablo Honey and the Bends. OK Computer pretty much falls right in between these two albums as far as diversity is concerned.

I agree with you about the other two though. Zeppelin, while awesome, has, in general, a very identifiable sound whether it's hard like Heartbreaker, slow like Tangerine, or semi-ska like D'yer Mak'er. Metallica's only substantial change of direction was Saint Anger, and it sucked, so it doesn't even count.
 
Nobodys mentioned Mr Bungle? Christ. You guys need to check them out. The Beatles' White Album is also a great mix of genre's but nothing compared to Bungle.

Mr. Bungle are best described as: Hawaiin surf music meats death metal meats arabian techno with elevator music, jazz, beach boys, circus, gregorian chanting, rock, acoustic guitars and cheesy horror music and keyboards mixed in for good measure. Most of this happens in one song as well and it's all themed together seemlesly. On top of that every album (sadly they only made 3) is completely different and has a really different feel to it.

None of the bands listed so far have anything on Mr. Bungle.

(Despite my avatar don't think I'm being biased either.) Check out the reviews on Amazon for good measure.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...103-0768914-2823816?n=507846&s=music&v=glance
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...103-0768914-2823816?n=507846&s=music&v=glance
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...103-0768914-2823816?n=507846&s=music&v=glance

If you don't check them out it's your loss not mine. :D
 
MilkMan12 said:
NiN has some great variety but nothing hugely diverse at all. Led Zeppelin is probably the least diverse band listed here, along with metallica and radiohead. Led Zeppelin kicks mother****ing ass but seriously...I can think of maybe 2 genres of music they really expanded into and thats about it...you hear Led Zeppelin song you know its Zeppelin.
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Alright then, how about Neil Young? :E
 
God, you people.

Aphex Twin

He is diversity. Seriously, listen to his material. From ambience, to acid, to breakbeats, to everything. His more recent material is so far removed from his earlier works (let alone those in between) that I wouldn't blame you if you didn't recognize the artist. Each album he's put forth has been substantially different from the previous one in terms of its sound and construction, never mind the thematic differences between tracks like the sleazy, porn-music vibe of "Windowlicker" and the biting harshness of "Come to Daddy".

Granted, if you don't like electronic music, you won't care.
 
Qonfused said:
Nine Inch Nails.

Seriously. Take Pretty Hate Machine (his first album) for example. It's mainly Industrial. Then with The Downward Spiral, there's some ambient songs, instrumentals, soft, metal, name-it-it's-got-it kinda stuff. The Fragile is kinda the same way. There's metal songs, soft songs, etc. Then comes With Teeth. While mostly consisted of softer-based songs, there's still those hard songs.
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Nine Inch Nails definitly changes with each album they put out.
 
Absinthe said:
God, you people.

Aphex Twin

He is diversity. Seriously, listen to his material. From ambience, to acid, to breakbeats, to everything. His more recent material is so far removed from his earlier works (let alone those in between) that I wouldn't blame you if you didn't recognize the artist. Each album he's put forth has been substantially different from the previous one in terms of its sound and construction, never mind the thematic differences between tracks like the sleazy, porn-music vibe of "Windowlicker" and the biting harshness of "Come to Daddy".

Granted, if you don't like electronic music, you won't care.
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Amen to that. Amen.

I heard windowlicker on the radio the other day, and had no idea it was made by Aphex Twin until they said it after the track. Was going like "Shit, this track is great", but was completely surprised when i figured it was made by RDJ.
 
Definitely Trent Reznor. Compare the days of Option 30 with the lovelyness of The Fragile.. I love him.
 
As much as I love Trent Reznor - and believe me, I do - his variations are still confined to rock. Different, mind you. I mean, his albums all sound very different. But you can still tell it's Nine Inch Nails.

Any good artist progresses and changes their sound. But I think that when we talk about diverse music within this context, we're talking about artists who cross genres or at least sound wildly different across their lifespan. Eccentricity, really.
 
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