>establish self as serious, earnest rock artists amongst tastemakers
>expand sound, have a real breakout album
>shift direction completely to experiment with electronic music
>keep doing that but making it blander
>then start incorporating more elements of your old sound again, but blander
>5 - 10 years later, you've become completely irrelevant outside of group of hardcore fans
U2
It happened to them except for the last one.
linkin park
Radiohead
Muse
Coldplay
The Killers
>>73117892
i would say radiohead and coldplay ,but those last two points don't really do it for them.
muse sucks
the killers literally who?
>>73117937
>Bland
>Irrelevant
Sure sounds like Radiohead and Muse to me.
>>73117937
>literally who?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGdGFtwCNBE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5fBdpreJiU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ff0oWESdmH0
>>73117845
Bjork
No one's said arcade fire yet
>>73117845
Psychedelic Furs
>>73117845
Muse