Bands that sounded different before they were signed?

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As in Animal Collective originally being a Pavement covers band etc..

― dog latin (dog latin), Wednesday, 22 March 2006 10:45 (twenty years ago)

The Libertines of the Legs 11 sessions are a wholly different beast from the band of Up the Bracket... more Django Reinhardt, less stooges...

― dr x o'skeleton, Wednesday, 22 March 2006 10:55 (twenty years ago)

The Ordinary Boys were signed as a nu-metal band, before shifting cultural sands gave us the awesome power of "Boys Will Be Boys".

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Wednesday, 22 March 2006 11:04 (twenty years ago)

Bark Psychosis were a Napalm Death cover band.
The Stone Roses were a goth band.

― Mr. Snrub (Mr. Snrub), Wednesday, 22 March 2006 19:00 (twenty years ago)

Tubeway Army got their recording contract doing punk songs.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Wednesday, 22 March 2006 20:30 (twenty years ago)

Alice in Chains were Glam.

― xgurggleglgllg (xgurggleglgllg), Wednesday, 22 March 2006 21:03 (twenty years ago)

Alice Cooper: 60s Psychedelia

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Wednesday, 22 March 2006 22:52 (twenty years ago)

The Slits

― Niall, Thursday, 23 March 2006 01:31 (twenty years ago)

Alice Cooper were signed to Straight/Bizarre (which I think went through Warners) as a psych band. Not sure that they changed at any point when they signed a particular contract.

― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Thursday, 23 March 2006 01:48 (twenty years ago)

pantera was a kiss cover band

― jhoshea (scoopsnoodle), Thursday, 23 March 2006 01:51 (twenty years ago)

Parliament were doo-wop.

― A Licky Boom Boom Down (R. J. Greene), Thursday, 23 March 2006 04:19 (twenty years ago)

The Slits seconded.

Velvet Underground

Modern Lovers

The Stooges

― sleeve (sleeve), Thursday, 23 March 2006 05:49 (twenty years ago)

Scritti Politti

― So Ho La (So Ho La), Thursday, 23 March 2006 06:02 (twenty years ago)

I've always heard that the Go-Gos were some sort of no-wave band or something before they got signed, but I've never really heard audible proof of that.

R.E.M. probably counts too in some way - not so much before "signing" as before trying to produce material specifically for records... Chronic Town doesn't sound a damn thing like the stomping, beer-swilling 50s throwback band you hear on bootlegs from the same period.

― Doctor Casino (Doctor Casino), Thursday, 23 March 2006 06:10 (twenty years ago)

Age of Chance

Flaming Lips

White Zombie

― xhuxk, Thursday, 23 March 2006 11:14 (twenty years ago)

Husker Du

The Replacements

The Goo Goo Dolls

(well, some of these bands sounded different *long* before etc. Does that count?)

― xhuxk, Thursday, 23 March 2006 11:16 (twenty years ago)

(And I guess I was reading this as "signed by a major label," which is not really what it said. Though with White Zombie and Flaming Lips and maybe Age of Chance, I was talking self-released records.)

― xhuxk, Thursday, 23 March 2006 11:47 (twenty years ago)

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