Bands that went from Ballsy to Schmaltzy

[jerryskids 6,799]

Spinning off from the Chicago thread, we were discussing bands that started out rocking and turned into wedding balladeers.  So far we had:

Chicago, rocking with Terry Kath, turned into a Peter Cetera snooze fest.

@Engorgeous Georgementioned Jefferson Airplane to Jefferson Starship to Starship.

I added Styx Mr. Roboto, ugh.

@patweisers44mentioned Fleetwood Mac getting soft.

 

What you got?   

[Drizzay 722]

Metallica

[Engorgeous George 2,331]

REO Speedwagon had a decent start but went bubblegum.

[DonS 3,292]

Not a fan at all, but didn't Sugar Ray start as kind of a punkish band before they started pumping out MTV friendly pop crap? 

[seafoam1 3,025]

Police to Sting. 

Steve Miller Band - Abracadabra? 

[BunnysBastatrds 2,442]

 Damn I was just thinking about this… Heart went from Baracuda, Majic Man, to These Dreams. 

[DonS 3,292]

4 minutes ago, BunnysBastatrds said:

 Damn I was just thinking about this… Heart went from Baracuda, Majic Man, to These Dreams. 

Don't forget "All I Wanna Do Is Make Love To You".  A song about a lady picking up a hitchhiker to knock her up - and maybe get AIDS - because she loves her husband but he can't get her pregnant. 

[DonS 3,292]

Genesis

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[frank 2,307]

Fock you, buddy. 

[Thornton Melon 620]

Foreigner 

Not that they were ever really "ballsy", but they went from Double Vision, Dirty White Boy and Long, Long Way From Home to Waiting For a Girl Like You and I Want to Know What Love Is 

From half-way decent to straight-up crap in a few short years

[Maximum Overkill 1,989]

Taylor Swift, legit Country to Sold Out Pop Slutt dressed in onesies, singing about high school shizz and complaining about Conservatives. 

[edjr 6,592]

Green Day

[EternalShinyAndChrome 4,106]

Deep Purple

[edjr 6,592]

Motley Crue

[Cloaca du jour 2,150]

Billy Squire

[DonS 3,292]

31 minutes ago, Cloaca du jour said:

Billy Squire

To be fair it was his über ghey music video which was the death knell for his career rather than the actual music. 

[Mike Honcho 5,281]

Van Halen

[BufordT 434]

ZZ Top needs to be mentioned and might take the cake.

[Mufaletta 81]

Doobie Brothers.

1974

 

1982

 

[Mufaletta 81]

Greg Rollie Journey vs Steve Perry Journey

[BunnysBastatrds 2,442]

1 hour ago, DonS said:

To be fair it was his über ghey music video which was the death knell for his career rather than the actual music. 

 I loved Billy Squires music. I loved the song that the video killed his career. Great song writer

[Hardcore troubadour 15,434]

1 hour ago, Mike Honcho said:

Van Halen

Winner. 

[HellToupee 1,777]

2 hours ago, DonS said:

To be fair it was his über ghey music video which was the death knell for his career rather than the actual music. 

He went from this

to this