Bands that lost their way.

[boing]

Foo Fighters.

 

[hammerntongues]

Stereophonics as others have already said , first album was one of my favourites of the year then they fell off the edge of a cliff , drab dull shite .

 

[Yetman]

Gomez

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Ub40

Their first song was great!


and a couple of others.

 

[greenfield]

The Cranberries

started out as a sweet Oirish Indie-pop guitar band, degenerated into a banshee screeching "Bosnia was so unkind, Sarajevo changed my mind. Sarajevo! Bosnia!" over-and-over again.

 

[damnhippie]

Oasis

not that they were world-beating to start with, but Definitely Maybe was pretty exciting at the time and everything since has been a slow slide into shite-covered self-parody.

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

Suede were the ultimate one I can remember. They sounded like they were the proper next big thing when they released their first couple of singles. The first album was good, and Dog Man Star has stood the test of time really well, but after that...

 

[Spandex]

Orbital

In the early and mid 90s they were one of the best bands around, but towards the end of their time they didn't really seem to know where they were going. Their sound exisited in it's own bubble removed from anything else that was happening in dance or any other music (not a bad thing in itself) but they didn't seem to know what to do with it. Their second to last album was a mess and on their last album you can almost hear the 2 of them trying to take the music in different directions: Paul wanting to go all cinematic with harps and shit, Phil trying to drag it into breakbeat dancy territory.

The live sets, while still always great, had become a bit predictable ("great, it's Halcyon, they're gonna do that Belinda Carlile bit") and the older stuff was always the best.

 

[Silva]

Suede were the ultimate one I can remember. They sounded like they were the proper next big thing when they released their first couple of singles. The first album was good, and Dog Man Star has stood the test of time really well, but after that...

I reckon Brett Anderson did it because, while talented, Richard Oakes lacked the ability of Bernard Butler, particularly when it comes to uhh... "grandiose" string arrangements, but was more suited as a pop-rock guitar player. One might argue that they've lost the plot on Coming Up, but I still rate it as a top record - not as good as the first two, but still good in it's own, poppy, way. Head Music was plain weird, but when it comes to them losing the plot, Positivity and most of A New Morning are a much fairer target, to be honest. I do have them all, anyway

 

[dream_girl]

Sex Pistols

 

[stavros]

Elastica. That first album, if a little derivative, is a great listen. They probably left it too long after.

 

[killer b]

i was disapointed to discover recently that gene vincent was only any good in his early years... in fact, on the strength of his later work, i'd even go as far as to say he was a hack who got lucky with a few ripping tunes, which were never to be bettered...

 

[Roadkill]

The Stone Roses.

Wonderful early in their career, but then a long break, too many rows, too much coke and ... Second Coming.

 

[SpookyFrank]

New Order. Did some really interesting stuff in the first few years after Joy Div, then became blander and blander blander.

'Lowlife' and 'Brotherhood' are great albums. Their first two were mostly crap; both had absolutely killer opening tracks though

 

[killer b]

all of their albums don't really work. loads of brilliant individual tracks, rubbish albums.

'substance' is great, mind.

 

[SpookyFrank]

I'd also like to mention the sugababes. They've been gradually weeding out the talented ones and replacing them with barbie dolls and autotune. And whoever is writing their songs these days is doing a crap job, more overloads and push the buttons please

 

[SpookyFrank]

all of their albums don't really work. loads of brilliant individual tracks, rubbish albums.

'substance' is great, mind.

Lowlife is probably the only one that works well as an album. I have to say that I quite liked 'get ready' as well

it had billy corgan on it...

 

[killer b]

I'd also like to mention the sugababes. They've been gradually weeding out the talented ones and replacing them with barbie dolls and autotune. And whoever is writing their songs these days is doing a crap job, more overloads and push the buttons please

it's still xenomania afaik - which is a bit odd, 'cause they're still rolling out the goods with girls aloud.

the new lass in the sugarbabes doesn't sing too bad, but you're right about the songs - they've been shit since mutya left.

 

[Superdupastupor]

I think Jane's Addiction's first couple of albums were blinding then they split up at the hight of their fame- cos they were that massively brilliant.

then 12 years down the line realised they didn't have that much money reformed made a cack album and remebered how much they hated one-another.

thanks for the replies chaps....quite a depressing thread though.

 

[kained&able]

Foo Fighters.

have you listened to the new album? Tis some real class.


dave

 

[boing]

have you listened to the new album? Tis some real class.


dave

Yeah, my mate had it, I only liked one or two though.

 

[stavros]

it's still xenomania afaik - which is a bit odd, 'cause they're still rolling out the goods with girls aloud.

the new lass in the sugarbabes doesn't sing too bad, but you're right about the songs - they've been shit since mutya left.

I still like them (Keisha's my favourite), but agreed that Higgins seems to save his best stuff for Girls Aloud. Maybe they're sure to sell more.

 

[DJWrongspeed]

Just remembered Ride. They started off with indie pop masterpiece and steadily lost the ability to come up with anything good thus boring alot of us indie student types who thought they were still good

 

[lunatrick]

The Stone Roses.

Wonderful early in their career, but then a long break, too many rows, too much coke and ... Second Coming.

totally........probably the best example

 

[Prince Rhyus]

Nirvana?

 

[Gerry1time]

For me, Reef. The first album and the touring around it was properly awesome, then chris evans picked them up, they got famous and game over. Even the second album was damaged by the more expensive production values on it, compared with how the tracks originally were.

The thing i've always thought is that it's gigging that makes a huge difference in a band's quality. If a band has been gigging tracks from an album for a couple of years before it's released (as is often the case with the first album) then they're going to have had time both to polish them loads, and know how to play them inside out. After the first album, if it's successful, bands generally don't get anything like the same amount of time to write, record and play live again. Combined with the pressures of touring and the fall outs it causes, it's a wonder any bands with good first albums ever make good second or subsequent albums.

 

[half_eaten_arm]

the cure

 

[rorymac]

I don't think 'Second Coming' is a good example ..
Definitely the foo fighters, Oasis, U2, David Bowie and dolly Nick Cave .. fackin toilet

 

[dodgepot]

the new lass in the sugarbabes doesn't sing too bad, but you're right about the songs - they've been shit since mutya left.

yep - gone right off 'em.

 

[badseed]

the cure

I really like their last album