Artists with similar names that you get mixed up

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Black Grape / Moby Grape
Minutemen / Meatmen

― alan r. banana (alanbanana), Sunday, 18 April 2004 16:28 (9 years ago) Permalink

I always get Built to Spill and Guided by Voices mixed up.

Built by Voices? Guided to Spill?

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Sunday, 18 April 2004 16:44 (9 years ago) Permalink

The fact that I think both bands are mind-crushingly dull doesn't help.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Sunday, 18 April 2004 16:45 (9 years ago) Permalink

it always takes me a second to remember who is petey pablo and who is pastor troy.

― m. (mitchlnw), Sunday, 18 April 2004 16:47 (9 years ago) Permalink

Steely Dan/Steeley Span

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Sunday, 18 April 2004 16:50 (9 years ago) Permalink

whoops, Steeleye Span

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Sunday, 18 April 2004 16:50 (9 years ago) Permalink

I used to get New Order and Depechemode mixed up.

Names are very different, but for some reason, I thought they were the same band.

― Aja (aja), Sunday, 18 April 2004 16:53 (9 years ago) Permalink

A vast error, Aja. Vast.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Sunday, 18 April 2004 16:53 (9 years ago) Permalink

I always get Easyworld and Clearlake confused.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Sunday, 18 April 2004 16:54 (9 years ago) Permalink

I know!!!

My grandma got them mixed up too!

Wow...

― Aja (aja), Sunday, 18 April 2004 16:54 (9 years ago) Permalink

xpost

― Aja (aja), Sunday, 18 April 2004 16:54 (9 years ago) Permalink

Mogwai and Slint.

SOMEONE HAD TO SAY IT.

― Leee O'Ironic (Leee), Sunday, 18 April 2004 16:55 (9 years ago) Permalink

There is no way I'm getting Franz Ferdinan (or whatever) and Franz Stahl mixed up.

Franz Stahl is way better!!!

― Aja (aja), Sunday, 18 April 2004 16:56 (9 years ago) Permalink

I tend to say Mindless Self Indulgence when I mean Stabbing Westward, go figure.

― tessa, Sunday, 18 April 2004 17:07 (9 years ago) Permalink

Once I got Jane's Addiction mixed up with the Shins and my mom yelled at me.

― Aja (aja), Sunday, 18 April 2004 17:08 (9 years ago) Permalink

::sigh::

Do the words "Jane's Addiction" and "Shins" sound even remotely similar? This isn't about their music, it's about how similar the respective names are.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Sunday, 18 April 2004 17:09 (9 years ago) Permalink

The Wedding Present. / The Birthday Party.

It doesn't make any sense to confuse those two, and yet, it does.

― Pleasant Plains (Pleasant Plains), Sunday, 18 April 2004 17:10 (9 years ago) Permalink

i am ashamed to say that i always do a double take before referring to one of either terry or teddy riley

― mark p (Mark P), Sunday, 18 April 2004 17:10 (9 years ago) Permalink

Actually, it does make sense. Gedge named his band The Wedding Present as he was a fan of the Birthday Party (though you'd never know it from listening to their respective musics).

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Sunday, 18 April 2004 17:11 (9 years ago) Permalink

Gluecifer/Jucifer. I love Jucifer, never heard Gluecifer.

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Sunday, 18 April 2004 17:12 (9 years ago) Permalink

::sigh::
Do the words "Jane's Addiction" and "Shins" sound even remotely similar? This isn't about their music, it's about how similar the respective names are.

-- Alex in NYC (vassife...), April 18th, 2004 11:09 AM.

Oh, like getting Killing Heidi and Killing Joke mixed up?

― Aja (aja), Sunday, 18 April 2004 17:12 (9 years ago) Permalink

...or Killer Joe.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Sunday, 18 April 2004 17:13 (9 years ago) Permalink

...or Killing Time

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Sunday, 18 April 2004 17:13 (9 years ago) Permalink

What about the Hives and the Vines. I almost did, but not quite

― Aja (aja), Sunday, 18 April 2004 17:14 (9 years ago) Permalink

I still do.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Sunday, 18 April 2004 17:14 (9 years ago) Permalink

Hives and Vines. Them too.

― Pleasant Plains (Pleasant Plains), Sunday, 18 April 2004 17:14 (9 years ago) Permalink

I still do.

Wow.

I don't anymore.

― Aja (aja), Sunday, 18 April 2004 17:15 (9 years ago) Permalink

Vines, Hives, Vives, Hines....all the same shit. The Hives are a better band, but it's not like they're particularly breaking any new ground or anything.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Sunday, 18 April 2004 17:19 (9 years ago) Permalink

I continue to confuse Rocket from the Crypt and Rocket from the Tombs.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Sunday, 18 April 2004 17:19 (9 years ago) Permalink

What if someone got New Found Glory and New Order mixed up?

That would be so sad. I'd laugh at them!!!

I think once I thought Bens Folds Five was Five For Fighting and I thought Five For Fighting were Tears For Fears. I think I've finally got it right though.

Oh, my mom has something from Rocket from the Tombs.

― Aja (aja), Sunday, 18 April 2004 17:22 (9 years ago) Permalink

I get Rockets from the Tombs / Crypt confused, too, in a "flipping-through-CDs-and-going-'hey, what's that? / Oh, fuck, it's them again'" kind of way. Sometimes I get Toni and Anthony Braxton confused, but I take it in better spirits.

― jazz odysseus, Sunday, 18 April 2004 17:24 (9 years ago) Permalink

I mix up the Detroit Cobras and the Dirtbombs a lot.

Also, the Von Bondies and the Dandy Warhols. It's all the same to me.

― stephen morris (stephen morris), Sunday, 18 April 2004 17:24 (9 years ago) Permalink

It doesn't help matters when the Thrills insist upon pronouncing their name as the Trills.
Not that matters such as this matter much.

― non-u, Sunday, 18 April 2004 17:24 (9 years ago) Permalink

What if someone got New Found Glory and New Order mixed up?

They're not fit to enjoy the benefits of oxygen.

Thrills, Chills and isn't there a band called The Kills too?

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Sunday, 18 April 2004 17:25 (9 years ago) Permalink

I'm a fan of Destroyer, Pig Destroyer, and Destroyer666. Can't say I ever confuse them though.

I do confuse Robert Palmer and Robert Plant when talking about either of them, though, which is dumb.

And I still don't know the difference between Corey Hart and John Waite.

― roger adultery (roger adultery), Sunday, 18 April 2004 17:25 (9 years ago) Permalink

And I still don't know the difference between Corey Hart and John Waite.

Well, Corey wears sunglasses at night.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Sunday, 18 April 2004 17:26 (9 years ago) Permalink

Rocket from the Crypt ought to be confused at every available opportunity.

― non-u, Sunday, 18 April 2004 17:26 (9 years ago) Permalink

Neal Halstead and Neil Hagerty, for some reason.

― Paul in Santa Cruz (Paul in Santa Cruz), Sunday, 18 April 2004 17:26 (9 years ago) Permalink

I used to get the Mekons and the Membranes confused, but don't seem to have that problem anymore.

The last few years or so.

*sigh*

― jazz odysseus, Sunday, 18 April 2004 17:29 (9 years ago) Permalink

Califone and Calexico.

― bbc6 personality (bbc6 personality), Sunday, 18 April 2004 17:36 (9 years ago) Permalink

in spoken language !!! and Tok-Tok have caused embarassing misunderstandings, even sporadic fist violence.

― non-u, Sunday, 18 April 2004 17:38 (9 years ago) Permalink

Jawbox and Jawbreaker on more than one occasion.

― Aja (aja), Sunday, 18 April 2004 17:43 (9 years ago) Permalink

Anthony and Toni Braxton. That was confusing for about a week.

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Sunday, 18 April 2004 17:53 (9 years ago) Permalink

Yes, they're a classic example.

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Sunday, 18 April 2004 17:54 (9 years ago) Permalink

Jawbox/Jawbreaker I mean.

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Sunday, 18 April 2004 17:54 (9 years ago) Permalink

Plastikman and Plasticman
Tricky and Tricky Disco and Trick Daddy

― Leee O'Gaddy (Leee), Sunday, 18 April 2004 17:59 (9 years ago) Permalink

Manet: Monet

― Artists I Mix Up, Sunday, 18 April 2004 17:59 (9 years ago) Permalink

Wolf Eyes Black Eyes Black Dice Wolf Parade AIDS Wolf Black Lips

― Elliot (Elliot), Sunday, 18 April 2004 18:07 (9 years ago) Permalink

GBV and MBV, but only in acronym form. Makes for some very confusing posts.

Replacements and Rembrandts, upon a time. I was aghast for a while that the 'Mats had reformed just to make the 'Friends' theme, before I realized my error.

Phil Collins/Peter Gabriel, because they're both overbearing ponces.

There's a band like Six By Seven that's Six From Seven or something, that I get mixed up with.

― derrick (derrick), Sunday, 18 April 2004 18:12 (9 years ago) Permalink

I used to mix up Townes Van Zandt and Van Dyke Parks a lot. I mean, not the music, but those triple name things.

And because Pig Destroyer did a track called "Black Dice" every time I see something about Black Dice I have to take a second to remember that they're not Pig Destroyer. If you see what I mean.

― noodle vague (noodle vague), Sunday, 18 April 2004 18:12 (9 years ago) Permalink

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I don't think I've ever actually heard Rocket from the Crypt, but I still manage to say the wrong name in conversation.

I've also frequently confused John Cale/John Peel in conversation, and once John Cale and Sterling Morrison, oy.

― Fellini.Kuti, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 01:31 (2 years ago) Permalink

John Cale and John Cage, I got wrong once recently!

― le grenouille mange le pomplamoose (Trayce), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 02:08 (2 years ago) Permalink

JJ Cale and John Cale, for me

― Odult Ariented Rock (Ówen P.), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 02:30 (2 years ago) Permalink

John Cale and Kale

― ilxor you've listened to one odd future album once (ilxor), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 03:46 (2 years ago) Permalink

That leaf looks like a Steven to me

― Odult Ariented Rock (Ówen P.), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 04:35 (2 years ago) Permalink

cloud control / cloud nothings

naked on the vague / naked and famous

― fried egg on my mind (electricsound), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 04:37 (2 years ago) Permalink

1 month passes...

Angie B / B Angie B

― xhuxk, Monday, 2 May 2011 14:04 (2 years ago) Permalink

The Flamin' Groovies/The Fabulous Poodles

― ban this sick stunt (anagram), Wednesday, 4 May 2011 14:28 (2 years ago) Permalink

1 month passes...

Bill Laswell
Bill Nelson
Bill Caddick
Bill MacCormick

― ban this sick stunt (anagram), Monday, 13 June 2011 14:43 (2 years ago) Permalink

2 weeks pass...

Best Coast
Beach House

― chupacabra - a delicious burrito (DJP), Wednesday, 29 June 2011 12:25 (1 year ago) Permalink

Mandre / Mandrill / Cymande

― R. Stornoway (Tom D.), Wednesday, 29 June 2011 12:26 (1 year ago) Permalink

Beach House
Best Coast

― la tristessa demerera (dog latin), Wednesday, 29 June 2011 13:20 (1 year ago) Permalink

Black Kids, Black Lips, Black Keys.. To the point where I really don't know who does what anymore.

― la tristessa demerera (dog latin), Wednesday, 29 June 2011 13:22 (1 year ago) Permalink

2 weeks pass...

The Shadow Ring/In Gowan Ring

― ban this sick stunt (anagram), Friday, 15 July 2011 15:04 (1 year ago) Permalink

Mike G / Mike G / MC Miker G

― jack-off all trade, masturbate nuns (sic), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 15:40 (1 year ago) Permalink

1 month passes...

Timbaland / Justin Timberlake. For years I thought they were the same person.

― ban this sick stunt (anagram), Thursday, 25 August 2011 13:01 (1 year ago) Permalink

2 weeks pass...

Bruce Woolley and the Camera Club/Bruce Hornsby and the Range

― Agent Double O POLL (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 11 September 2011 15:56 (1 year ago) Permalink

The Kinks and the Knack
The Kinks and the Kooks

― Pohnny Jolo (buckatee91), Sunday, 11 September 2011 22:22 (1 year ago) Permalink

but NOT The Knack and the Kooks

― owenf, Sunday, 11 September 2011 22:44 (1 year ago) Permalink

Deceased/Decapitated

― Siegbran, Sunday, 11 September 2011 22:50 (1 year ago) Permalink

Beach Boys / Pet Shop Boys

― ArchCarrier, Monday, 12 September 2011 10:58 (1 year ago) Permalink

Old Man Gloom / Old Man's Child

― xhuxk, Monday, 12 September 2011 13:27 (1 year ago) Permalink

"Bruce Woolley and the Camera Club/Bruce Hornsby and the Range"

VIDEO KILLED THE RADIO STAR...get a job

― scott seward, Monday, 12 September 2011 14:05 (1 year ago) Permalink

The Strokes/The Hives/The Sounds/etc. There were dozens of "The XXXs" bands in the early 00s, and it didn't help that they all sounded the same.

― Tuomas, Monday, 12 September 2011 14:14 (1 year ago) Permalink

I guess I thought that maybe Bruce Hornsby used a RANGEfinder to make the video that killed the RS

― Agent Double O POLL (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 12 September 2011 15:40 (1 year ago) Permalink

sade
slade

― you've got male (jim in glasgow), Monday, 12 September 2011 15:41 (1 year ago) Permalink

As a kid, I didn't know there was a difference between Patti Smith and Patty Smyth. Now I love Patti Smith and I still have no idea what Patty Smyth has done.

― weeklybacon, Monday, 12 September 2011 21:32 (1 year ago) Permalink

she's done richard hell and john mcenroe. that much we know.

― scott seward, Monday, 12 September 2011 21:39 (1 year ago) Permalink

john mcenroe from tortoise, love that guy

― Geirge Hongriot (NickB), Monday, 12 September 2011 21:43 (1 year ago) Permalink

Todd Edwards and Todd Terry
Klaatu and Kraan
Game Theory and Dream Syndicate

― Clarke B., Monday, 12 September 2011 22:05 (1 year ago) Permalink

todd edwards/theo parrish

― fennel cartwright, Thursday, 15 September 2011 02:52 (1 year ago) Permalink

Ab Baars/The Art Bears

― ban this sick stunt (anagram), Monday, 26 September 2011 07:34 (1 year ago) Permalink

1 month passes...

Chuck Berry/Chu Berry. I don't mix them up, but first time I saw the latter's name, I thought it was a typo.

― Miss Piggy and Frodo in Hull (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 7 November 2011 01:37 (1 year ago) Permalink

But I forgot I already mentioned them three years ago on the sister thread: Performers with names that practiclly rhyme?

― Miss Piggy and Frodo in Hull (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 7 November 2011 01:41 (1 year ago) Permalink

I get Chuck Berry and Chuck Barris mixed up all the time.

― clemenza, Monday, 7 November 2011 02:08 (1 year ago) Permalink

When I was a kid I inexplicably confused Kiss and Heart

― Everything else is secondary (Lee626), Monday, 7 November 2011 03:37 (1 year ago) Permalink

neil hamburger
neil hagerty

― spoilt edwardian child (rip van wanko), Monday, 7 November 2011 04:12 (1 year ago) Permalink

Timbuk 3 and Tim Buckley

― Peas, Ants, Pigs & Astronauts (PaulTMA), Monday, 7 November 2011 06:23 (1 year ago) Permalink

a ton, actually

firehose / firehouse
big stick / big chief
metabolist / metabolismus
junior senior / junior boys
monotrona / monotonix

but the worst ones are prob test dept. and the radio dept.

― cock chirea, Monday, 7 November 2011 08:45 (1 year ago) Permalink

Heidi Julavits/Judith Shulevitz

― Miss Piggy and Frodo in Hull (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 12 November 2011 23:58 (1 year ago) Permalink

Wait this is the wrong mixed up thread! Sorry.

― Miss Piggy and Frodo in Hull (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 13 November 2011 00:03 (1 year ago) Permalink

6 months pass...

In jazz:

Art Farmer / Art Pepper / Art Tatum
Elvin Jones / Elvin Bishop
Fred Anderson / David Murray (not sure why this is)

experimental:
John Hudak / Andrew Chalk (again, no rhyme or reason for this)

― If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be An Airport, Tuesday, 5 June 2012 15:27 (1 year ago) Permalink

3 months pass...

John Butcher / John Duncan (new issue of The Wire just reminded me of this)

I'm the only one who revives this thread I guess

― If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be An Airport, Monday, 24 September 2012 21:29 (8 months ago) Permalink

John Edwards as well.

― my father will guide me up the stairs to bed (anagram), Monday, 24 September 2012 21:40 (8 months ago) Permalink

Black Keys / Black Crowes

― LeRooLeRoo, Monday, 24 September 2012 21:46 (8 months ago) Permalink

beth gibbons / beth orton

― have a sandwich or ice cream sandwich (Jordan), Wednesday, 3 October 2012 14:50 (8 months ago) Permalink

MSTRKRFT and MNGMNT....

― m0stlyClean, Wednesday, 3 October 2012 16:44 (8 months ago) Permalink

Brandon Flowers and Hothouse Flowers

― 'Separate Lives', by Phil Collins & Marilyn Manson (PaulTMA), Wednesday, 3 October 2012 19:46 (8 months ago) Permalink

I have to be careful with Snow Patrol and Ski Patrol, not that I have much cause to talk about Snow Patrol.

― SimianBoffin, Wednesday, 3 October 2012 20:20 (8 months ago) Permalink

Fever Ray/Lana Del Rey

― SimianBoffin, Wednesday, 3 October 2012 22:29 (8 months ago) Permalink

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