Lots of bands start with one style and then quickly ditch it for something else more sellable e.g. Status Quo. But some of the big names waited until their 3rd, 4th or even 5th album before changing to a fresh horse. Some of the very obvious ones in my view anyway are:
Queen - 3 solid rock albums, then a dabble with concepts resulting in some very cheezy tracks, then arena-pop to the finishing line.
Fleetwood Mac - blues rock to West Coast pop.
Rush - Heavy rock, verging on early metal, to prog rock in 4 moves.
Deep Purple - 60s psych to hard rock in 5 moves.
Beatles - a jobbing R n B covers band to one of the most influential and creative bands of all time.
The Who - Mod pop and Soul to rock.
Iron Maiden, Pink Floyd, and Radiohead are bubbling under.
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