(June 27, 2015 at 3:02 pm)Alex K Wrote: One of the most hilarious failed sellout attempts in metal was Celtic Frosts "Cold Lake". One of the most influential dark/death metal bands of the 80s suddenly doing 80s glam rock. Everyone was in shock. Right after that, they got their shit together again and made a couple of awesome records. It is only spoken of in hushed tones nowadays.
Def Leppard. "High 'n' Dry" was the shit. "Pyromania" was technically brilliant. Then they go off on a pop rock tangent and never come back? (Though honestly, I can't be forced to listen to any of their later shit.) Perhaps not as evident as your example, but it lacks the whole "got their shit together and made awesome records" element.
