What do you think about bands becoming experimental?

[Lineker's Left Foot]

What do you about some bands who later experiment with sound in their production. I am all for them having a go and changing direction, but some people, especially music critics, have been very sceptical. What are others opinions and what groups have done this?

My faves to have done this include:-

Pink Floyd in the mid 70s

U2 for Achtung Baby, Zooropa and Passengers

Beach Boys with Pet Sounds

REM especially on Reveal (an amazing album)

Japan

However, some were previously experimental and then went more poppy like

Human League (whose Reproduction and Travelogue albums are excellent)

Talking Heads

Simple Minds (experimental albums of Reel to Reel Cacophony and Empires & Dance)

Pulp

Nitin Sawhney to some extent

[Zingari]

there's quite a few bands who should be experimenting with dangerous unstable compounds

[Libertine]

Radiohead's Kid A is great.

Adore is good by Smashing Pumpkins

Also Pink Floyd and others already mentioned.

[Lineker's Left Foot]

Radiohead's Kid A is great.

Adore is good by Smashing Pumpkins

Also Pink Floyd and others already mentioned.

Definitely Kid A !! My fave Radiohead album - with Pablo Honey the worst IMO !!