When did your favourite band "jump the shark"?

[Mark Latimour]

Thought this might be a fun thread for people to post opinions about when their favourite band "jumped the shark". Ie at what point did you become disinterested in the work from bands you once enjoyed. Here are a couple of mine:

Dream Theater - Octavarium

After hearing this album, although I have enjoyed (for one reason or anohter) all of the albums to date, it suddenly hit me that the band had just gone stale and wern't really producing anything innovative anymore. There are still a few good tracks on the album, but a lot of repetition and I really felt as if all the "feel" that they once had were out of the album. I can still go back and enjoy the old stuff, but the new stuff just isn't doing it for me.

Dave Matthews Band - Stand Up

Everyday was bad, but still had a few great moments, but this was just a pile of poop. Still a good live act by all accounts, but count me out of the next studio effort!

Metallica - Load

Enough said! - Still a few great moments on both Load and ReLoad, but not enough to really get the blood pumping like their older stuff.

[Buzzgroove]

For me it has to be Rush. After the split with Terry Brown I really lost interest in their music, seemed as if their creativity was draining away gradually.

[louieeadg]

Sublime-after Brad died...kinda messed with their sound.

+10 on the DMB. Probably one of the best live acts on the globe. And some of the best "musicians" compiled on a stage with this group...however, I think they are just required to do studio albums. From what I read, none of the guys like doing studio stuff anyway...that's true performing!

[ElMon]

Red Hot Chili Peppers:

By the Way left me with a bad taste in my mouth, but definitely after the pile of crap that they just released. I'll take agressive funk rock with pop sensibilities over a poor Beach Boys approximation (excepting Brian Wilson's gift for melody that Kiedis does NOT have) that is about as exciting as a bowl of Grapenuts.

Ah, it feels much better to let the hate go. Thanks for the thread!

[Otso]

Alice in Chains, pretty much my favourite rock band.

When Layne Staley died, Alice in Chains ceased to be. With William Duvall it's a completely different band, it's just not Alice in Chains anymore.

[tycobb73]

Metallica - Load

Enough said! - Still a few great moments on both Load and ReLoad, but not enough to really get the blood pumping like their older stuff.[/quote]


Don't you mean the black album?

[dave_p]

foreigner with foreigner four .
van halen 1984.
pink floyd, the final cut.
chicago with chicago mmccmmxviiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii or whatever the hell it was.
scorpions after breakout.
quiet riot when randy rhoads left.
motley crue after shout at the devil.
ozzy -bark at the moon.
judas priest -turbo.
run dmc -when they did the aerosmith thing.
aerosmith -when they did the run-dmc thing.
deep purple -that whole knockin at your back door thing
theres sure to be more

[Unrepresented]

Guns N' Roses jumped the shark after Izzy quit, although I have a feeling that most would say the "My World" track off of Use Your Illusion II was the marker.

System of a Down jumped the shark with the Mesmerize album.

[The Owl]

Genesis: When Phil Collins took over lead vocals

King Crimson: Anything after THRAK, they just ran out of ideas altogether

Aerosmith: When other people started writing their songs for them, especially those horrible sappy Dianne Warren penned hits.

Chicago: After 3, they ran out of gas.

Mars Volta: Francis the Mute, HORRIBLE PRODUCTION, painfuil and impossible to listen to.

Pink Floyd: The Wall, the whole bleedin' It's The Roger Waters Show! They lost it completely from there

[afinalfantasy]

None yet, thank god

The closest was the Mars Volta's Frances the Mute, then the next album was better

[Eli_Upright12]

Originally Posted by louieeadg

Sublime-after Brad died...kinda messed with their sound.

Yeah that ones high in my books, though I still listen to them to this day, Maybe the foo fighters latest album or Audioslaves most recent one, those two kind of bum me out.

[jomahu]

+1 on dmb. i really liked busted stuff (grey street is my favourite dmb song), but i doubt i will go see them live again.

the black album was alrite, i think i bailed after "....and justice..."

Rush... still my favourite band, but i kinda lost interest after test for echo.

i'd also say 'confrontation' by bob marley and the wailers, but bob had already passed away by the time the album came out, methinks. and i can do without the 27000000 remix/greatest hits comps (legend included).

[Nino Valenti]

Metallica: St. Anger.
Load and Re-Load, I can listen to and enjoy

Iron Maiden:
Anything with Blaze.... Thankfully Bruce came back.

Sabbath...Dio was the death of Sabbath.

Live... Songs from Black Mountain and V

[gottawalk]

Originally Posted by Buzzgroove

For me it has to be Rush. After the split with Terry Brown I really lost interest in their music, seemed as if their creativity was draining away gradually.

+1 on that.
Black Sabbath after Vol. 4. Don't remember why; just lost interest in the sound and the writing.

[905]

The Poo (formerly the Who)

Tbh the whole band died with Keith. Face Dances was mediocre at best, and even though It's Hard kicked (and still kicks) butt, it's not enough to compensate for it.

As for Endless Wire, that's more of a Pete solo album with Roger's vocals. Not good.

[ibanezcollector]

Originally Posted by Mark Latimour

Dave Matthews Band - Stand Up

Everyday was bad, but still had a few great moments, but this was just a pile of poop. Still a good live act by all accounts, but count me out of the next studio effort!

x2 I was a die hard rabid DMB fan from 94 up until Stand Up

[Mike Money]

Green Day- Warning



thats about all i can think of right now.

[Atoz]

R.E.M. - Out of Time

They were approaching the ramp with Green, but "Losing My Religion," and "Shiny Happy People" proved that they had soared over the shark and stuck the landing.

[ryco]

Pink Floyd - Dark Side
Beatles - Sgt Pepper (except Abbey Road)
ELP - Brain Salad
Zep - Houses
Who - By Numbers (except Quad)
Stones - Satanic Majesties

[Beta]

Joe Satriani- "The Extremist"

Save the singing for your shower, Joe. Take the 6-string banjo in there with you if you like.

Metallica- "Master of Puppets"

Judas Priest- "Turbo"

Rush- "Signals"

I can't put my finger on when it was for Megadeth. The revolving door of guitarists and drummers was probably the cause, though.