Across popular music's winding history, there have been many acts who decided to make a fan-provoking left-turn. Dylan going electric, the Bee Gees embracing disco, David Bowie ditching the mullet and platforms to become a besuited soul-boy. The list goes on.
Many of these, at the time shocking, changes were later reappraised as being pretty astute moves; fearless creatives making new music on their terms - and pulling the rest of the world along for the ride. Whether they were ready for it or not.
