I think Scritti Pollitti was picked as a joke since they went from one extreme to the other.

Haydon wrote:

johnnyshape wrote:Scritti Politti.


From this:

To this:

does it ever get good? i am not being silly, i just have the latest and it is bad. was it something different a long time ago? should i bother?

The early singles, the Marxist stuff is pretty great. The pop stuff is well done but not even in the same universe as the 70's stuff.

Iggy:

From Raw Power/Kill City to The Idiot (In no way comparing the two stylistically, but I can say I enjoy The first two Iggy "solo" records as much as The Stooges records). Not sure if that really counts, seeing as the Stooges were a band. But Iggy as a singer/performer, more specifically.


Agreed on Talk Talk.

I think Ricky Nelson made a nice turnaround, too.

MrFood wrote:Swans.

















I kid.

I'm probably one of the few people here who didn't mind their transformation. It produced - for me - consistently interesting music.

SecondEdition wrote:

MrFood wrote:Swans.





I kid.

I'm probably one of the few people here who didn't mind their transformation. It produced - for me - consistently interesting music.

I agree, I like all of the swans stuff...

Honor Role.

I'm surprised that no one has mentioned them in this thread.

The Mekons, who are still evolving ... you never know quite what Langford and Co. will serve up on any given album.

alex maiolo wrote:

that damned fly wrote:the ramones.

You like their evolution?
'Pet Semitary' era is better than 'End of the Century' era, basically?

was joke, see?

most would say, "what evolution?"

Unwound

Current 93

Dark Flame wrote:Unwound

I agree with this. I honestly think they got better.