People who made a quite big jump in genres

Music
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Ween did it a few times every album.

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Ahh LaFaro were great

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Dave Pajo went from Slint to Papa M

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You’re forgetting the best one.

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Bon Iver, cabin to stable

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Weezer - great to shite

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Probably every member of Mr Bungle, multiple times within the course of each of most of their songs.

…and Mike Patton’s taken a few interesting genre diversions over his career.

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John Frusciante.

Then:

Now:

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True, true. Good shout.

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Thread over.

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Also worth mentioning/reiterating/preaching to the choir that the insanity of California was made before Pro Tools was a thing. Mr Bungle were just that good.

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Dunno whether any of you guys have heard of a little known band from Oxford called Radiohead

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Ritchie Blackmore guitar God from Deep Purple and Rainbow. left the world of Heavy Metal to make some medieval lute albums. They must have sold well because he’s back touring Rainbow.

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Tegan and Sara? From indie-rock to stadium pop (and back again?)

Similarly, Paramore, and all those other emo/pop-punk bands who went all new wave a few years back.

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The Cure!
Post punk to goth to pop to goth again to rock to…

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Underworld. Their first album is ermmm something else.

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Yer man Sufjan has dabbled with a few genres in his time.

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Scott Walker - from 60s dreamy pop heart throb to collaborating with Sunn 0))) and punching sides of beef

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Yeah it’s got to be Scott Walker.

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Mark Kozelek. Amazing songwriter with Red House Painters to rambling guy with jam band.