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I don't understand why bands get so much animosity for "leaving their roots". IM make amazing, unique music and put on one hell of a live show. Is it as "pure" psytrance as Astral Projection et al? No but why does it have to be? They make music they like to make.

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I don't understand your not understanding. Just because the band changes doesn't mean that the fans have to follow along if they don't like what they've started to produce. Everyone has their likes/dislikes. If someone makes specific reasonings for their tastes not following the new direction doesn't mean they are wrong. You're no better for making your comment than someone stating theirs.

For example, how many people that like Ministry have ever heard their true first album and actually likes it?

The first two Black Eyed Peas albums are wildly different from anything else they did. They stopped being a hip-hop group and became a pop band.

U2, Radiohead, Kate Nash, Metallica, Coldplay have also dramatically changed musical direction and lost/gained fans in the process.

It's the intensity of it that strikes me. It's not just a matter of not liking their new stuff. I've encountered many folks that are basically mad the band changed directions. Almost as if the band owes it to the world to keep producing the same sound.

It's more that IM and AP are more beginner-level Goa trance and MFG/Bypass Unit/Oforia/Juno/many others are the real OG ;)

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