10 Bands Who Were Justified In Changing Sounds
3. Bee Gees
Arguably the disco world's most successful and celebrated group, Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb formed the Bee Gees all the way back in 1958 and have become known for their three-part tight harmonies and groovy looks.
However things were very different for the group when they first started out in the late '50s and early '60s. Having formed another group, The Rattlesnakes, prior to the Bee Gees, Barry, Robin, Maurice and friends Vince Melouney and Colin Peterson began their journey in the music industry heavily dabbling in skiffle, rock and rolling sounds.
The first three albums released by the group contained very little of the disco direction they would eventually become famous for, with Spicks and Specs in 1966 containing Rock n' Roll elements, and Bee Gees' 1st in 1967 and Horizontal in 1968 representing the way of psychedelic rock that was sweeping across the industry at the time.
By the end of the 1960s, it was clear that the industry was evolving and that the Bee Gees' style of folk rock was on its way out. Cucumber Castle was the last album of theirs to chart until the release of Spirits Having Flown in ten years later, coinciding with their embrace of the emerging world of disco.