History CerebusSyndrome / Music

* The Music/BeastieBoys came to prominence with such intellectual works as "Girls" and "Fight For Your Right", only later to be distracted by such droll projects as organizing the Tibetan Freedom Concert and becoming an alternative rock band.
** Their earlier works were actually a StealthParody of fratboy cuture, which were [[MisaimedFandom taken seriously]] by their audience and is now considered an OldShame. They partially changed their style to seperate themselves from that era, and seem to be disowning or downplaying everything from the "License To Ill" period.

* The Roots started getting darker from 2002's ''Phrenology'' onwards. 2010's ''How I Got Over'' was a slight return to their [[IncrediblyLamePun well, you know]] before 2011's ''Undun'' took another Cerebus turn.

* In the early '90s, Music/AlanisMorissette was pretty much the Canadian version of Debbie Gibson, singing light dance-pop songs. Then in 1995, she released ''Jagged Little Pill'', an album full of angry breakup songs, turning her into an international superstar. The shift was successful enough that many of Alanis' non-Canadian fans don't even know that she was ever a bubblegum pop star. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tUvkRz7xx0 Watch this]] if you need convincing.

* Music/FallOutBoy started out as a general Pop Punk group. After their initial album, due to Pete's lyrics, they started the Emo Pop revolution of the mid-2000s, they went back to just Pop Punk, while also starting to be more Alternative. ''Infinity On High'' is really where they started writing more heavy songs. ''Folie A Deux'' turns this up a bit, complete with another development in Pete writing from different perspectives than his own. After their hiatus that followed ''Folie'', though, they went back to just making music to just enjoy without thinking about it, with them redefining themselves as a Pop group than Alternative, with each successive album growing ever so more, with added electronics and less regular instrumentations. A lot of fans didn't like their third and forth albums at the time, since they changed it up from their earlier style, and while they have more fans of those albums today than when they came out, particularly ''Folie'', their newer Pop style is slowly gaining more detractors, if sales figures of their latest singles are any indication.

* Music/AllTimeLow followed in Blink's footsteps initially, with their first few albums and EPs being more carefree and lighthearted, though with some serious moments like 'Remembering Sunday.' On their third album, the band started experimenting with general storytelling in their songs, like 'Lost In Stereo,' but still were having a general degree of fun with their music making. Then ''Dirty Work'' was meant to be more of a mix of both having fun and being more serious with their writing, since they wanted to mix a more Pop sound into their Pop Punk/Emo sound. It didn't work out too well for most, including the band. ''Don't Panic'' was more of a success, as they managed to have fun ''and'' further their serious writing. After that, ''Future Hearts'' went back to a more carefree attitude, as well as a more Pop sound. The next album, ''Last Young Renegade,'' however, was meant to be their most serious album to date, with more mature lyrics and tone for a majority of the songs, and only one true Pop Punk song on the album. Fans are currently divided over this, since the band has never truly taken themselves too seriously outside of a few moments before, and the way they're trying to do so on the album is leaving a bit to be desired for some.

* Music/PinkFloyd were one of the most successful examples of this tropes. They started out as a silly Psychedelic Rock band, fronted by Syd Barrett, on their first album ''The Piper At The Gates of Dawn'', whose lyrics were light, whimsical, and often humorous, with songs including "Lucifer Sam" about a cat, "Bike", a SillyLoveSong, and "Mathilda Mother" about a mother reading fairy tales. However, after Syd Barett left due to mental illness and David Gilmour replaced him, the band's lyrics became much more abstract and serious, with pretty much no humor, and the music became darker and more experimental. Then, Roger Waters came to the fore on what is widely considered to be their best album, ''Music/TheDarkSideOfTheMoon'', a dark, cynical concept album about life, tackling themes like insanity ("Brain Damage"), war ("Us and Them") and how time slips by as you get older ("Time"). Their following two albums ''Music/WishYouWereHere'' and ''Music/{{Animals|1977}}'' were about the corrupt music industry and how corrupt society is in general, before they went darker still with ''Music/TheWall'', about a rock-star who secludes himself from the whole world and fantasizes about being a neo-nazi dictator, only lightened up by some humor (Such as in "The Trial", or "One of My Turns"). Their darkest album, however, was ''Music/TheFinalCut'', an entirely serious look at the horrors of war. Most of these albums are regarded as among their best.

* Music/{{WASP}} were an 80s heavy metal band with a slight pop/glam bend once infamous for their [[IntercourseWithYou dirty, innuendo laden lyrics]] and shocking stage shows. They were largely lumped together with the HairMetal bands of their time. But after the release of ''The Headless Children'' in 1989, they became a lot DarkerAndEdgier and began making music that was a lot more focused on themes of politics, religion and violence. Most metal fans agree [[GrowingTheBeard it was for the better.]]

* Music/PinkFloyd were one of the most successful examples of this tropes. They started out as a silly Psychedelic Rock band, fronted by Syd Barrett, on their first album ''The Piper At The Gates of Dawn'', whose lyrics were light, whimsical, and often humorous, with songs including "Lucifer Sam" about a cat, "Bike", a SillyLoveSong, and "Mathilda Mother" about a mother reading fairy tales. However, after Syd Barett left due to mental illness and David Gilmour replaced him, the band's lyrics became much more abstract and serious, with pretty much no humor, and the music became darker and more experimental. Then, Roger Waters came to the fore on what is widely considered to be their best album, ''Music/TheDarkSideOfTheMoon'', a dark, cynical concept album about life, tackling themes like insanity ("Brain Damage"), war ("Us and Them") and how time slips by as you get older ("Time"). Their following two albums ''Music/WishYouWereHere'' and ''Music/{{Animals}}'' were about the corrupt music industry and how corrupt society is in general, before they went darker still with ''Music/TheWall'', about a rock-star who secludes himself from the whole world and fantasizes about being a neo-nazi dictator, only lightened up by some humor (Such as in "The Trial", or "One of My Turns"). Their darkest album, however, was ''Music/TheFinalCut'', an entirely serious look at the horrors of war. Most of these albums are regarded as among their best.

* Music/PinkFloyd were one of the most successful examples of this tropes. They started out as a silly Psychedelic Rock band, fronted by Syd Barrett, on their first album ''The Piper At The Gates of Dawn'', whose lyrics were light, whimsical, and often humorous, with songs including "Lucifer Sam" about a cat, "Bike", a SillyLoveSong, and "Mathilda Mother" about a mother reading fairy tales. However, after Syd Barett left due to mental illness and David Gilmour replaced him, the band's lyrics became much more abstract and serious, with pretty much no humor, and the music became darker and more experimental. Then, Roger Waters came to the fore on what is widely considered to be their best album, ''Music/TheDarkSideOfTheMoon'', a dark, cynical concept album about life, tackling themes like insanity ("Brain Damage"), war ("Us and Them") and how time slips by as you get older ("Time"). Their following two albums ''Music/WishYouWereHere'' and ''Music/Animals'' were about the corrupt music industry and how corrupt society is in general, before they went darker still with ''Music/TheWall'', about a rock-star who secludes himself from the whole world and fantasizes about being a neo-nazi dictator, only lightened up by some humor (Such as in "The Trial", or "One of My Turns"). Their darkest album, however, was ''Music/TheFinalCut'', an entirely serious look at the horrors of war. Most of these albums are regarded as among their best.