10 Metal Bands That Changed Their Sound

As dysfunctional as Motley Crue could be at the best of times, they always felt like a band of brothers whenever they got up on stage. No matter how many bar fights they may have gotten into in their heyday, it was almost like a heavy metal family on those first few records, with every member bringing their own aesthetic to the table that set the stage for glam metal on the Sunset Strip. After Vince Neil quit abruptly after the tour for Dr. Feelgood though, their only record with John Corabi gave us hope that the divorce wasn't going to be all bad.

While John Corabi is nowhere near the kind of singer that Vince was in his prime, his gutteral voice was something a lot closer to traditional metal than what the band had been used to the past few years. Across their self titled album, it truly feels like the band were reborn by the new kid in town, having a lot more time to jam on songs and Mick Mars going for some more bluesy licks that he had only touched on on the past few albums.

As much fun as this might have been to make, it was not safe once the record sales actually came in, selling much less than their last few records and the rest of the guys choosing to sack Corabi and hire Vince back just in time for the record Generation Swine. Seeing how that record was even more poorly received and saw them trying their hand at writing Nine Inch Nails style industrial music, it makes you wonder what would have happened had Corabi been able to build off the foundation he had here.