A couple more namesakes:
James Taylor / James Taylor
Dave Matthews / Dave Matthews
(I took me a while to realize that the Dave Matthews of the endless ILX thread isn't the one I thought he is; at first I was like, "Why does a jazz arranger provoke so much hate?".)
― Tuomas, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 15:54 (sixteen years ago) link
Norman Blake / Norman Blake
― Tom D., Tuesday, 6 November 2007 15:54 (sixteen years ago) link
i don't even know if 'rhyme' is the word you're looking for here? perhaps, you just mean to say performers with names that are practically the same
Right, right. Stupid thread idea; or decent idea poorly explained at best. I was thinking more of overall sonic similarity, not necessarily precise rhymes. Stuff like this:
Twisted Sister / Mr. Mister Starsailor / Art Taylor Bo Diddley / Bob Dylan Bonnie Raitt / Johnny Ray
― Myonga Vön Bontee, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 16:41 (sixteen years ago) link
elvis costello / elton motello
― fact checking cuz, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 16:45 (sixteen years ago) link
the eagles / the beagles
― fact checking cuz, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 16:46 (sixteen years ago) link
I'm trying to think of this in terms of acts who I actually thought were the SAME act for a while, until I realized otherwise. So that would discount, say, Suede/Slade or The Kings/The Kinks or Jon Anderson/John Anderson or Trace Adkins/Rodney Atkins, but would not discount Ricky Van Shelton/Blake Shelton, who I conflated for years before realizing the error of my ways. There are others, I'm sure; maybe they'll come to mind. (Usually a certain proximity to each other genre-wise is necessary for this to happen properly.)
Oh yeah, a great one:
The Orb/Orbital
― xhuxk, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 17:10 (sixteen years ago) link
The two Paul Deans (X-Ray Spex and Loverboy) and two Mick Joneses (Foreigner and the Clash) don't really count, either.
― xhuxk, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 17:12 (sixteen years ago) link
Nor Prodigy/The Prodigy
― xhuxk, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 17:13 (sixteen years ago) link
But there are a couple famous blues names and jazz names where more than one guy (a decade or two apart maybe) has the same name, and those always confuse me. They're not coming to me right now, though.
― xhuxk, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 17:15 (sixteen years ago) link
actually it's a trinity - The Orb/William Orbit/Orbital
― ledge, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 17:17 (sixteen years ago) link
Both of whom played with Miles, to add to the confusion.
Then add Davis' arranger Gil Evans into the mix and you are screwed.
― kingkongvsgodzilla, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 17:24 (sixteen years ago) link
Pigbag/Rip, Rig and Panic (and maybe Pigbros?) Ja Rule/Jah Cure both Dr. Dre's (NWA and Ed Lover) both Sean Pauls (dancehall and Youngbloodz) Suspyre/Susperia (two metal bands whose CDs came in the mail within a couple weeks of each other this summer)
If album covers count, I'd include (from my teen years)
Fragile / Not Fragile
Love Gun / Sex Pistols
― xhuxk, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 17:31 (sixteen years ago) link
new models / new model army
(this probably only matters to people from boston)
― fact checking cuz, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 17:35 (sixteen years ago) link
merle travis / merle haggard
(for when i was a young'un, it didn't seem possible there were two different people named merle. really!)
― fact checking cuz, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 17:36 (sixteen years ago) link
Haha, yes, I remember totally confusing these three in 1994.
― Tuomas, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 18:54 (sixteen years ago) link
Listening to Orbital's remix of The Orb's "Huge Ever-Growing Pulsating Brain that Rules from the Center of the Ultraworld" didn't help.
― Tuomas, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 18:56 (sixteen years ago) link
Whoops. Up until this moment I assumed they were all the same person/artist.
― Sara Sara Sara, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 19:25 (sixteen years ago) link
Gregg Ginn / Greg Kihn
― Mark G, Wednesday, 7 November 2007 15:09 (sixteen years ago) link
Bennie Maupin / Bernie Taupin
― dad a, Friday, 9 November 2007 14:22 (sixteen years ago) link
Gregg Ginn/Gregg Gillis
― stephen, Friday, 9 November 2007 15:45 (sixteen years ago) link
More Ginn ... http://bandtoband.com/images/covers/108/9140.gif http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/23/Gonn-SingleCover.jpg
― dad a, Friday, 9 November 2007 15:53 (sixteen years ago) link
Teddy Riley/Terry Riley
― dad a, Monday, 17 December 2007 16:45 (sixteen years ago) link
John Cale/JJ Cale Sandy Denny/Sandi Patti
― mike a, Monday, 17 December 2007 17:00 (sixteen years ago) link
Elmore James/Elton John
― Myonga Vön Bontee, Monday, 17 December 2007 17:33 (sixteen years ago) link
there are a couple famous blues names and jazz names where more than one guy (a decade or two apart maybe) has the same name, and those always confuse me.
Sonny Boy Williamson/Sonny Boy Williamson
There's an obvious double jazz name too...Bill Evans, maybe? But I don't think that's even the best one.
And yeah, John Cale and JJ Cale is a great one.
― xhuxk, Monday, 17 December 2007 18:03 (sixteen years ago) link
Deke Leonard/Def Leppard/Led Zeppelin
― xhuxk, Monday, 17 December 2007 18:32 (sixteen years ago) link
Geddy Lee/Kenny G (who get extra points for also looking exactly alike)
― xhuxk, Monday, 17 December 2007 18:34 (sixteen years ago) link
This might ACTUALLY BE the WORST THREAD in ILX HISTORY.
― ian, Monday, 17 December 2007 18:37 (sixteen years ago) link
rocket from the TOMBS/rocket from the CRYPT
― xhuxk, Monday, 17 December 2007 18:45 (sixteen years ago) link
Lonnie Smith/ Lonnie Liston Smith There was another Howlin' Wolf (Later traded as Funny Papa Smith) There was another Joe Jones that wasn't Philly JJ ?
― sonofstan, Monday, 17 December 2007 19:33 (sixteen years ago) link
magma / exmagma
― Dominique, Monday, 17 December 2007 20:26 (sixteen years ago) link
TS Larry Carlton vs Larry Coryell
Barry Harris/Harry Barris
― Retrato Em Redd E Blecch (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 15 November 2008 23:09 (fifteen years ago) link
Chuck Berry/Chu Berry
― Retrato Em Redd E Blecch (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 15 November 2008 23:15 (fifteen years ago) link
Cher/Michael Bolton
― I G0T USED 2 iT™ (PappaWheelie V), Saturday, 15 November 2008 23:19 (fifteen years ago) link
MC Search/Fred Hersch
― Albert Jeans (Hurting 2), Saturday, 15 November 2008 23:21 (fifteen years ago) link
Bob Harris, the guy who played keyboards for Frank ZappaBob Harris, the other guy who played keyboards for Frank Zappa
― a new Rock Hardy screen name because I can't find the old one (Rock Hardy), Saturday, 15 November 2008 23:30 (fifteen years ago) link
Art Farmer / Art Pepper
― xhuxk, Saturday, 15 November 2008 23:31 (fifteen years ago) link
That's a good one.
― Retrato Em Redd E Blecch (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 15 November 2008 23:37 (fifteen years ago) link
Frank Zappa/Zap Mama
― Albert Jeans (Hurting 2), Sunday, 16 November 2008 00:36 (fifteen years ago) link
Miranda Sex Garden / Einstuerzende Neubauten
― dromedary farsi (unregistered), Sunday, 16 November 2008 00:44 (fifteen years ago) link
It's more confusing than this: there is no such thing. Before the group Orbital came along, The Orb used to call the remixes they made for other people (and themselves) "Orbital Something Or Other Mix" and "Orbital Twee Nonsense Mix"
― numismatic factory (sic), Sunday, 16 November 2008 03:45 (fifteen years ago) link
Brix Smith (of the Fall)Brick Smith (of mid-80s Norwich synth duo Gee Mr Tracy)
― everything, Sunday, 16 November 2008 03:59 (fifteen years ago) link
― ian, Monday, December 17, 2007 1:37 PM Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
roflotm
― gabbneb, Sunday, 16 November 2008 04:29 (fifteen years ago) link
I don't know if it belongs in this thread or not, but...
Someone once told me they found a Lambert, Hendrick and Ross CD filed under The Supremes at Tower Records.
― Hideous Lump, Sunday, 16 November 2008 05:40 (fifteen years ago) link
Ha.
― Retrato Em Redd E Blecch (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 16 November 2008 05:46 (fifteen years ago) link
There's an obvious double jazz name too...Bill Evans, maybe?
WRONG DUDE
― Retrato Em Redd E Blecch (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 16 November 2008 05:47 (fifteen years ago) link
Some Motown related confusion
Johnny Griffith/Johnny GriffinJoe Hunter/Ivory Joe HunterJack Ashford/Nick Ashford
― Ruudside Picnic (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 23 November 2008 13:48 (fifteen years ago) link
The Bill Evans confusion was mentioned upthread: the more famous Bill Evans was a pianist who played with Miles in the 50s, the other Bill Evans a saxophonist who played with Miles in the 80s.
― Tuomas, Sunday, 23 November 2008 15:16 (fifteen years ago) link
GZA/RZA obv.
― our work is never over, Sunday, 23 November 2008 19:24 (fifteen years ago) link
Hank Marvin/Marv TarplinJunior Marvin/Junior Murvin
Joe Hunter/Ivory Joe HunterI forgot Ivy Jo Hunter
― Ruudside Picnic (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 3 December 2008 02:15 (fifteen years ago) link
Airscape/Airwave
― Siegbran, Saturday, 18 July 2009 16:08 (fourteen years ago) link
Styx/Kix/the Fixx/Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks/The Dicks/Steve Malkmus & the Jicks
― Siegbran, Saturday, 18 July 2009 16:09 (fourteen years ago) link
Harry Nilsson / Carnie Wilson
― kornrulez6969, Saturday, 18 July 2009 17:23 (fourteen years ago) link
The Dead C/DeadsyOpeth/OtepMetallica/Megadeth
Once had a 'conversation' about music that quickly degenerated into such obtuse nonsense that I thought one(or both) of us were going insane. Turned out that the other guy thought I'd cited 'Counting Crows' at the beginning of the discussion, when I had really said 'Cannibal Corpse'
― Julio Afrokeluchie, Sunday, 19 July 2009 16:04 (fourteen years ago) link
Coal Chamber/Cold ChiselPoison/BoyzoneDef Leppard/Led Zeppelin
― Julio Afrokeluchie, Sunday, 19 July 2009 16:16 (fourteen years ago) link
wire/high on firethe mystics/stylistics
― outdoor_miner, Sunday, 19 July 2009 17:32 (fourteen years ago) link
Elton John/Ethan Johns
― anagram, Wednesday, 19 August 2009 08:25 (fourteen years ago) link
Anthony Braxton / Toni Braxton
― m0stlyClean, Wednesday, 19 August 2009 12:23 (fourteen years ago) link
slaps forehead Why didn't I – probably the biggest Anthony Braxton fan on ILM – think of that one???
Ah well, I'll just have to have Tyondai Braxton/Toni Braxton instead, then.
― anagram, Wednesday, 19 August 2009 12:36 (fourteen years ago) link
Eric Gale/Eddie Gale
― Horace Silver Machine (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 19 August 2009 14:36 (fourteen years ago) link
Hawkwind / Bob Lind
Motorhead / That Ted
Cud / Mud
Radiohead / Jowe Head
― Mark G, Wednesday, 19 August 2009 14:46 (fourteen years ago) link
Michael Jackson - Jackson Browne - James Brown - Richard D. James - Cliff Richard - Jimmy Cliff - Jamiroquai - Rockwilder - Billy Wilder - Billie Jean - Jean Grae - Graham Coxon - Get your rocks off, get your rocks off honey, shake it now now, get 'em off downtown!
― Tuomas, Wednesday, 19 August 2009 14:48 (fourteen years ago) link
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8TJYl4uc3lQ/SNxI0Cl92dI/AAAAAAAAAX8/tTV7Hixeijw/s400/card2.jpg
― m0stlyClean, Sunday, 23 August 2009 01:53 (fourteen years ago) link
Jandek, Inspectah Deck.
― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Sunday, 23 August 2009 03:48 (fourteen years ago) link
Everlast / Evan Mast
(aka E*Vax)
― the who cares (okamax), Sunday, 23 August 2009 04:08 (fourteen years ago) link
Steve Harley/Steve Holley
― Horace Silver Machine (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 25 August 2009 01:40 (fourteen years ago) link
Denny Laine/"Penny Lane"
― Hideous Lump, Tuesday, 25 August 2009 03:15 (fourteen years ago) link
Art of Noise/Age of Chance
― anagram, Thursday, 27 August 2009 07:38 (fourteen years ago) link
That Dark Angel/Death Angel confusion reminds of 1987/88 when I was in Dr. Disc, visiting with friends who worked there, and this 35-ish metalhead comes in wanting to return this album by (the Canadian) Slaughter... http://img185.imageshack.us/img185/4506/908313170x170mc8.jpg ...which he'd bought by mistake, thinking it was Slayer.
― Myonga Vön Bontee, Thursday, 27 August 2009 08:26 (fourteen years ago) link
Marc Almond / Mark-Almond
Engelbert Humperdinck x 2 (though the latter named himself after the former)
― anatol_merklich, Thursday, 27 August 2009 15:50 (fourteen years ago) link
Lalo Schifrin/Labi Siffre
Oh, the confusion!
― A Ball of Twine, Friday, 28 August 2009 05:47 (fourteen years ago) link
Eddie Holland/Eddie Holman
― Borinquen C (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 6 December 2009 20:46 (fourteen years ago) link
dan aykroyd / dananananakroyd
― abanana, Sunday, 6 December 2009 21:37 (fourteen years ago) link
David Cross (King Crimson/Comedian)
― C.T. Dalton (Daruton), Sunday, 6 December 2009 21:43 (fourteen years ago) link
X/The XX/xex
― mike a, Monday, 7 December 2009 02:53 (fourteen years ago) link
JJ Cage would be a good band name.
― Mark, Monday, 7 December 2009 03:00 (fourteen years ago) link
Killer Joe / Killing Joke
Strangelove / Stranglers
Deerhoof/Deerhunter
― Alex in NYC, Monday, 7 December 2009 03:53 (fourteen years ago) link
Johnny Paycheck/Johnny Pacheco
― Stranded In the Jungle Groove (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 24 February 2013 02:06 (eleven years ago) link
Skinnay Ennis/Skinny Dennis
― TS The Students vs. The Regents (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 15 June 2019 12:35 (four years ago) link