10 Worst Genre Switches In Rock Music History

4. Father of All... - Green Day

After the trilogy of albums hit a really bad note with fans, Green Day seemed to have learned a valuable lesson about your output: just because your prolific doesn't mean everyone has to hear it. Once Billie Joe Armstrong got clean though, things seemed to be on the straight and narrow, with Revolution Radio bringing them back to the rough and tumble band that we know and love. So naturally that meant it was time for yet another shift in tone.

Looking to make a more danceable record than what they had before, Father of All...feels like the most unnecessary Green Day album in existence, especially with its fairly short runtime. At only ten tracks, the whole thing feels more like the band were trying to mess around and come up with something that was closer to dance rock (because that worked so well the first time on Kill the DJ) and end up sounding like a bad Portugal the Man wannabe.

Then again, maybe the short runtime and cheap and dirty sounds of this may be the point. Before the band had released the record in full, they were already talking about finally being out of their contract with Reprise Records and are free to be on their own. Based on what comes out in the next few years, we may be looking back on this record as a contractual obligation instead of a heart and soul record.