10 Worst Genre Switches In Rock Music History

After being in the rock world for a little while, you're going to want to start exploring for new sonic territory. Nobody can play every genre all at once, so it's always nice to have some sort of evolution in your sound over time to keep you well rounded as a musician. That being said, not all of those have to be...y'know...heard by the rest of us.

Instead of just coming in with an appreciation for the craft, these artists tried to reinvent themselves into something new and failed miserably. Whether it was not understanding the medium they were a part of or if they were trying to run before they could walk, these bands just sounded like amateurs when they tried to dip their toes into a new genre. It would be one thing to just have a sound that didn't work though.

These guys went the extra mile by either trying to claim to be something they're not or just wearing another genre of music like a costume so no one would remember what they were just a few years prior. While you can definitely give these guys points for at least trying something new, you might want to steer clear if you find any of these albums out in the wild.

At the time of this writing, most of the entertainment industry has started to lose their trust in Jared Leto. Even after starring in some damn great movies, his turns as the Joker and the nutty behavior that he's gotten into in the past few years have had many people concerned as to what he has up his sleeve next. Whatever he has coming down the pipeline though, America will probably stand as his biggest artistic betrayal.

In the early days of Thirty Seconds to Mars, Leto actually had a great presence behind the mic, going for the space rock approach to songwriting long before bands like Angels and Airwaves picked up on it. In a post Suicide Squad world though, the latest version of the band is almost unrecognizable, with Jared and his brother being the only original band members left. And in the time since Love Lost Faith and Dreams, they seem to have traded in their muscle for just generic vibe music.

Whereas something like From Yesterday had the capacity to hit you in the gut the moment you heard it, most of these songs just sound like the usual workout music that you would hear to pump someone up in the gym. Jared, if you were to steal a few tricks from the kids these days, you might not want to go the Imagine Dragons route and just sell out for the hell of it.