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 (twenty-two years ago)

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 (twenty-two years ago)

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

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Sunday, 18 April 2004 16:45 (twenty-two years ago)

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 (twenty-two years ago)

Steely Dan/Steeley Span

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Sunday, 18 April 2004 16:50 (twenty-two years ago)

whoops, Steeleye Span

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Sunday, 18 April 2004 16:50 (twenty-two years ago)

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 (twenty-two years ago)

A vast error, Aja. Vast.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Sunday, 18 April 2004 16:53 (twenty-two years ago)

I always get Easyworld and Clearlake confused.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Sunday, 18 April 2004 16:54 (twenty-two years ago)

I know!!!

My grandma got them mixed up too!

Wow...

― Aja (aja), Sunday, 18 April 2004 16:54 (twenty-two years ago)

xpost

― Aja (aja), Sunday, 18 April 2004 16:54 (twenty-two years ago)

Mogwai and Slint.

SOMEONE HAD TO SAY IT.

― Leee O'Ironic (Leee), Sunday, 18 April 2004 16:55 (twenty-two years ago)

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 (twenty-two years ago)

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

― tessa, Sunday, 18 April 2004 17:07 (twenty-two years ago)

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 (twenty-two years ago)

::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 (twenty-two years ago)

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 (twenty-two years ago)

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 (twenty-two years ago)

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 (twenty-two years ago)

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

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Sunday, 18 April 2004 17:12 (twenty-two years ago)

::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 (twenty-two years ago)

...or Killer Joe.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Sunday, 18 April 2004 17:13 (twenty-two years ago)

...or Killing Time

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Sunday, 18 April 2004 17:13 (twenty-two years ago)

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

― Aja (aja), Sunday, 18 April 2004 17:14 (twenty-two years ago)

I still do.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Sunday, 18 April 2004 17:14 (twenty-two years ago)

Hives and Vines. Them too.

― Pleasant Plains (Pleasant Plains), Sunday, 18 April 2004 17:14 (twenty-two years ago)

I still do.

Wow.

I don't anymore.

― Aja (aja), Sunday, 18 April 2004 17:15 (twenty-two years ago)

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 (twenty-two years ago)

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

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Sunday, 18 April 2004 17:19 (twenty-two years ago)

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 (twenty-two years ago)

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 (twenty-two years ago)

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 (twenty-two years ago)

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 (twenty-two years ago)

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 (twenty-two years ago)

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 (twenty-two years ago)

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 (twenty-two years ago)

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

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

Neal Halstead and Neil Hagerty, for some reason.

― Paul in Santa Cruz (Paul in Santa Cruz), Sunday, 18 April 2004 17:26 (twenty-two years ago)

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 (twenty-two years ago)

Califone and Calexico.

― bbc6 personality (bbc6 personality), Sunday, 18 April 2004 17:36 (twenty-two years ago)

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

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

Jawbox and Jawbreaker on more than one occasion.

― Aja (aja), Sunday, 18 April 2004 17:43 (twenty-two years ago)

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

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Sunday, 18 April 2004 17:53 (twenty-two years ago)

Yes, they're a classic example.

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Sunday, 18 April 2004 17:54 (twenty-two years ago)

Jawbox/Jawbreaker I mean.

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Sunday, 18 April 2004 17:54 (twenty-two years ago)

Plastikman and Plasticman
Tricky and Tricky Disco and Trick Daddy

― Leee O'Gaddy (Leee), Sunday, 18 April 2004 17:59 (twenty-two years ago)

Manet: Monet

― Artists I Mix Up, Sunday, 18 April 2004 17:59 (twenty-two years ago)

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

― Elliot (Elliot), Sunday, 18 April 2004 18:07 (twenty-two years ago)

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 (twenty-two years ago)

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 (twenty-two years ago)

GvsB = GBV

― Sonny A. (Keiko), Sunday, 18 April 2004 18:33 (twenty-two years ago)

Oh yeah, Townes van Zandt vs. Stevie van Zandt from the E Street Band.

― derrick (derrick), Sunday, 18 April 2004 18:41 (twenty-two years ago)

Kevin Shields and Kevin Ayers, shamefully.

― don (don), Sunday, 18 April 2004 18:46 (twenty-two years ago)

malkmus and momus

― Bob Six (bobbysix), Sunday, 18 April 2004 18:55 (twenty-two years ago)

When I was a kid I had a deep-rooted association between the voice of Bruce Springsteen and and the image Sylvester Stallone. To this day I have no idea why.

― Sonny A. (Keiko), Sunday, 18 April 2004 19:12 (twenty-two years ago)

whadya talkin about, broose n sly got nutin to do which e-chutha. dis guise a fuggin lunatic...

― lovebug starski, Sunday, 18 April 2004 19:18 (twenty-two years ago)

Toni Di Bart and Tony De Vit. Surely everyone does that, though?

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Sunday, 18 April 2004 19:22 (twenty-two years ago)

Replacements and Rembrandts, upon a time
...and add The Refreshments to that list, while you're at it.

― Pleasant Plains (Pleasant Plains), Sunday, 18 April 2004 20:48 (twenty-two years ago)

"It doesn't help matters when the Thrills insist upon pronouncing their name as the Trills." Pronouncing it as The Trills is so much easier! And being too precise is just so uncool.

― coco rammstein, Sunday, 18 April 2004 20:53 (twenty-two years ago)

Ryan Adams-Brian Adams, or is it Bryan Adams. That's worse.

― Alex Pittman (Alex Pittman), Sunday, 18 April 2004 21:15 (twenty-two years ago)

Ryan Adams-Brian Adams, or is it Bryan Adams? That's worse.

― Alex Pittman (Alex Pittman), Sunday, 18 April 2004 21:15 (twenty-two years ago)

Stephin Merritt vs. Stephen Malkmus

― Leee O'Gaddy (Leee), Sunday, 18 April 2004 22:20 (twenty-two years ago)

black dice - wolf eyes - black eyes - black keys - the kills etc etc

― senior pizzicarta, Sunday, 18 April 2004 22:28 (twenty-two years ago)

Funeral for a Friend/Hell is for Heroes. I don't mind one of them, but I can never remember which one it is.

Also the Vines and the Hives.

(I used to conflate Bill Callaghan and Will Oldham, but that was justifiable confusion given how bastard often Oldham changes his stagename. honest.)

― cis (cis), Sunday, 18 April 2004 23:18 (twenty-two years ago)

the Flaming Lips and the Psychedelic Furs.

― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Sunday, 18 April 2004 23:35 (twenty-two years ago)

GAH!

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Sunday, 18 April 2004 23:36 (twenty-two years ago)

meat puppets and material issue

― the surface noise (electricsound), Sunday, 18 April 2004 23:37 (twenty-two years ago)

I've gotten Yo La Tengo and the Flaming Lips mixed up on the basis of their album covers (perhaps a new thread?).

― Leee O'Gaddy (Leee), Monday, 19 April 2004 00:06 (twenty-two years ago)

Whitesnake / White Lion
Black Crows / Counting Crows

It would probably help if I had any of these in my collection.

― jim wentworth (wench), Monday, 19 April 2004 00:28 (twenty-two years ago)

yo la tengo and de la soul

― anx, Monday, 19 April 2004 00:29 (twenty-two years ago)

Sheila E. vs. Sheena Easton
Dream Theatre vs. (get this) Dream Academy

― My name is Kenny (My name is Kenny), Monday, 19 April 2004 00:51 (twenty-two years ago)

Everclear vs. Everlast, though thankfully I haven't confused them in a while because it's been so long since I've thought about either of them.

― My name is Kenny (My name is Kenny), Monday, 19 April 2004 00:52 (twenty-two years ago)

Steely Dan vs. Stealer's Wheel
Soul Asylum vs. Collective Soul

― My name is Kenny (My name is Kenny), Monday, 19 April 2004 00:56 (twenty-two years ago)

Harold Budd and Roy Budd

― Curt (cgould), Monday, 19 April 2004 01:46 (twenty-two years ago)

Martin Rev and Alan Vega: And don't try to tell me their names aren't similar. Both have two syllable first names that are also common last names, and short last names with "v"s in them and automotive associations.

― Curt (cgould), Monday, 19 April 2004 01:53 (twenty-two years ago)

Hollywood Brats/Hollywood Stars/Berlin Brats

― Arthur (Arthur), Monday, 19 April 2004 01:54 (twenty-two years ago)

You know, like Steve Alan, Woodie Alan....

― Curt (cgould), Monday, 19 April 2004 01:55 (twenty-two years ago)

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

Same here, that's why I was amazed when Van Dyke Parks ended up working with Brian Wilson again. I was thinking, "but isn't he dead?"

― mentalist (mentalist), Monday, 19 April 2004 05:10 (twenty-two years ago)

Peter Paul Reubens and Paul Reubens. Pee Wee? Dutch painter??? I get it all mixed up.

― Justin Farrar (Justin Farrar), Monday, 19 April 2004 13:44 (twenty-two years ago)

A bit dated, but I still confuse John Hiatt and John Prine.

― Joseph McCombs, Monday, 19 April 2004 14:05 (twenty-two years ago)

The Stands and The Stills

it's the 'The St...s' thing I tell you. What's with all these bands with names that have similar shapes?

― jellybean (jellybean), Monday, 19 April 2004 14:06 (twenty-two years ago)

I used to know the difference between the Vibrators and the Buzzcocks, but forgot, then learned it again, then forgot again.

― Salmon Pink (Salmon Pink), Monday, 19 April 2004 14:20 (twenty-two years ago)

Squarepusher and Lifterpuller.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 19 April 2004 14:23 (twenty-two years ago)

The Stands and The Stills are different bands? Shee-it. I don't just get them mixed up cause of their names, their posters are almost identical, too!

― Super-Kate (kate), Monday, 19 April 2004 14:27 (twenty-two years ago)

I used to confuse Clan of Xymox and Xmal Deutschland....until I realized that I didn't really like either, so ultimately, it didn't matter.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 19 April 2004 14:29 (twenty-two years ago)

Physicist Albert Einstein and musicologist Alfred Einstein...for a time I thought physicist Albert wrote essays about Mozart in his spare time, I think I saw a still of him holding a violin from Einstein on the Beach and that threw me.

― Mark (MarkR), Monday, 19 April 2004 14:31 (twenty-two years ago)

Years ago, a friend of mine told me he found an album by "Marc" Almond
and said, "...it's really laid back, kinda fake jazz, nothing at all weird or perverse on it. Is it his early stuff?" He had an album by Mark Almond. We laughed.

― Stephen Boyle (SBoyle), Monday, 19 April 2004 16:46 (twenty-two years ago)

Jan Jelinek, Philip Jeck, and Jandek.

― Felonious Drunk (Felcher), Monday, 19 April 2004 16:50 (twenty-two years ago)

Busta Rhymes and Buster Poindexter,

Modest Mouse and Mouse on Mars

Akercocke and Agalloch

And as a teenager I thought for a while that Chuck Dukowski from Black Flag had a side career writing gritty literature about drunks in LA. Did I have him confused with Bukowski, or Henry Rollins?

― Ian Christe (Ian Christe), Monday, 19 April 2004 17:04 (twenty-two years ago)

it took a few months of listening to records by skull control and skull kontrol to realize that they weren't the same band.

― Matt B. (Matt B.), Monday, 19 April 2004 22:24 (twenty-two years ago)

oh and Kaito and Cayto

I know which one's which. Kaito's from Norwich and has gurls in it, and Cayto are mad Scottish types. But when they come up in conversation, it gets very confusing indeed.

and if you throw Cato into the conversation as well...

― jellybean (jellybean), Monday, 19 April 2004 22:28 (twenty-two years ago)

Burning Airlines/Jets to Brazil

(just the airplane theme and the fact that I used to confuse their old bands - Jawbox and Jawbreaker as Aja mentioned)

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Monday, 19 April 2004 22:29 (twenty-two years ago)

I've noticed a lot of people say Scissor Girls when they mean to say Scissor Sisters.

― Matthew Perpetua (Matthew Perpetua), Monday, 19 April 2004 22:31 (twenty-two years ago)

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

For me it was always Built to Spill and Shudder to Think.

And I think there are about four different techno guys named Amon or Tobin who I always think are the same person, plus one in Cibo Matto, but I forget their names right now.

Also, Atlanta Rhythm Section/Amazing Rhythm Aces always confounded me.

And yeah Jawbox/Jawbreaker; I will third or fourth or fifth that one.

There are many more, which I may remember eventually.

― chuck, Monday, 19 April 2004 22:32 (twenty-two years ago)

Oh yeah, Camel/Caravan too.

― chuck, Monday, 19 April 2004 22:34 (twenty-two years ago)

And Saxon/Sampson.

― chuck, Monday, 19 April 2004 22:35 (twenty-two years ago)

And Murder City Devils/Demolition Doll Rods/Streetwalkin Cheetahs

And NOFX/Bouncing Souls

― chuck, Monday, 19 April 2004 22:37 (twenty-two years ago)

For some reason, I used to get Television and Magazine mixed up.

― BanjoMania (Brilhante), Monday, 19 April 2004 22:38 (twenty-two years ago)

Palace Brothers/Perniece Brothers

Lambchop/Lamb/Mountain Goats/a few other even toed hoofed mammals

― chuck, Monday, 19 April 2004 22:46 (twenty-two years ago)

I've noticed a lot of people say Scissor Girls when they mean to say Scissor Sisters

I'll make it a trifecta by putting the Sun City Girls into this mix of name confusion...i get all three mixed up.

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Monday, 19 April 2004 22:48 (twenty-two years ago)

Stills/Thrills/Thorns (I STILL can't keep these straight)

― chuck, Monday, 19 April 2004 22:49 (twenty-two years ago)

American Analog Set/American Music Club.

I think those are the right names.

― Scott CE (Scott CE), Monday, 19 April 2004 23:01 (twenty-two years ago)

nashville pussy/alabama thunderpussy

― chuck, Monday, 19 April 2004 23:02 (twenty-two years ago)

"And Murder City Devils/Demolition Doll Rods/Streetwalkin Cheetahs"

oops, I left out Detox Darlings, or whatever they're called. They belong with these ones, too.

― chuck, Monday, 19 April 2004 23:04 (twenty-two years ago)

Stone Temple Pilot and Urge Overkill.

Verve and Verve Pipe.

Stereolab and Stereophonics. Which shits me.

Baby Animals and Baby John Burgess

Van Halen and Sid Heylen.

David Byrne and David Boone.

Alice Cooper and Dr Harry Cooper.

― Autumn Almanac (Autumn Almanac), Monday, 19 April 2004 23:12 (twenty-two years ago)

Modern English vs Modern Talking (I know!)

― Seb (Seb), Monday, 19 April 2004 23:27 (twenty-two years ago)

Stephen Bishop/Elvin Bishop
Frut/Frost/Frigid Pink
Hoobastank/Nickelback/Lincolnpark
Mudvayne/Puddle of Mudd/Stereomud/Mushroomhead

I have no patience, however, for people who confused Rocket From the Tombs with Rocket From the Crypt. That makes no sense to me at all!!

― chuck, Monday, 19 April 2004 23:38 (twenty-two years ago)

Audiovent/Audioslave/Audio Bullys

― My name is Kenny (My name is Kenny), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 00:09 (twenty-two years ago)

rod stewart/steward/rod jane & freddy

sad really; my mind.

― non-u, Tuesday, 20 April 2004 01:39 (twenty-two years ago)

femi kuti/fela kuti/cooties

is that a genealogy?

― non-u, Tuesday, 20 April 2004 03:26 (twenty-two years ago)

Modest Mouse/Modest Moussorgsky

― Elliot (Elliot), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 03:33 (twenty-two years ago)

Sleater-Kinney Kinnie Starr Long Fin Killie

― Elliot (Elliot), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 03:37 (twenty-two years ago)

kings of convenience + kitchens of distinction = kitchens of convenience

― Thea (Thea), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 05:07 (twenty-two years ago)

Kevin Ayers / Coyne

― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 11:39 (twenty-two years ago)

clem snide / howie beck

― the surface noise (electricsound), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 11:40 (twenty-two years ago)

Gilbert O' Sullivan & Gilbert & Sullivan.....s'true

― mzui, Tuesday, 20 April 2004 11:42 (twenty-two years ago)

English Beat / London Beat

Talk to me about The Beat though, and I know exactly who you're on about.

― NickB (NickB), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 11:56 (twenty-two years ago)

Emerson Lake & Palmer / Electric Light Orchestra

― Seb (Seb), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 14:06 (twenty-two years ago)

I used to get The Grateful Dead and Dead Can Dance confused.

― Stupid (Stupid), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 14:52 (twenty-two years ago)

redbone/leon redbone
lucinda williams/victoria williams/some other williams lady i forget
patty griffin/patty griffins

and actually, the guys i always mix up with amon tobin are timo maas and timo ellis.

― chuck, Tuesday, 20 April 2004 15:12 (twenty-two years ago)

and oh yeah:

boards of canada/of montreal/secretly canadian records

― chuck, Tuesday, 20 April 2004 15:13 (twenty-two years ago)

oops, it's PATTY GRIFFITHS. (or one of them is, anyway)

― chuck, Tuesday, 20 April 2004 15:14 (twenty-two years ago)

Auteurs and Au Pairs
Le Mans and Trans Am
Ween and Weezer

― Curt (cgould), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 15:29 (twenty-two years ago)

I bought my first Nick Drake album, after confusing him for Nick Cave. An enviable mistake.

― doug watson (solid air), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 15:50 (twenty-two years ago)

I Mother Earth/Our Lady Peace

Symmetrically similar names aside, both bands were (are?) also fairly boring '90s grunge-progsters, both were from around Toronto, and both made music that was largely forgettable (altho OLP's minor hit "Superman's Dead" was enjoyably annoying.)

― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 17:21 (twenty-two years ago)

I always think of someone else when I see David Sylvian's name, but I don't know who. (NOT Syl Sylvain, although that seems like it would be a reasonable slip.)

Actually, I do have trouble keeping apart some of the NY Dolls/Dead Boys guys, and remembering who was in which band... Arthur Kane vs. Cheetah Chrome, etc.

― morris pavilion (samjeff), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 17:43 (twenty-two years ago)

superpitcher and squarepusher

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 17:48 (twenty-two years ago)

There's some band called the Apex Theory whose name always makes me momentarily think that I'm reading about the Aphex Twin.

― morris pavilion (samjeff), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 17:58 (twenty-two years ago)

Duster vs. Guster vs. Guther vs. Ganger vs. Guv'ner

I bet even the bands forgot which name they were.

― Curt (cgould), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 20:11 (twenty-two years ago)

the orb/orbit/orbital/william orbit

― chuck, Tuesday, 20 April 2004 21:04 (twenty-two years ago)

the orb/orbit/orbital/william orbit

SO OTM.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 21:09 (twenty-two years ago)

Amon Tobin / Tobin Sprout
Imperial Teen / Imperial Drag. Both appeared then disappeared around the same time, both ex members or side projects of bigger bands, I still can't remember which was which.

― udu wudu (udu wudu), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 21:24 (twenty-two years ago)

Amon Duul/Amon Duul II

― Leee O'Gaddy (Leee), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 21:29 (twenty-two years ago)

The lesson of this thread: Obviously, the idea that each and every band should be allowed to choose a name to express their individuality MUST BE ABANDONED IMMEDIATELY in favor of mandatory seriial numbers.

"Mystic Chords of Memory, you say? Afraid not! You're Artist #24830329 now and forevermore."

― Curt (cgould), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 01:08 (twenty-two years ago)

Modest Mouse / Mouse On Mars

For a while I thought Jandek and Janeck Shaeffer were the same person, but I was disabused of that notion recently.

― Super-Kate (kate), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 07:00 (twenty-two years ago)

Oh yea, fo got about my fIREHOSE/Firehouse myopia.

― mzui, Wednesday, 21 April 2004 09:28 (twenty-two years ago)

Zero Zero and Zero 7 (actually bought a Zero 7 CD thinking it was Zero Zero awhile back on a quick record shopping trip)
Party Of Helicopters and The Birthday Party (The Wedding Present one doesn't confuse me though)

― MattR, Wednesday, 21 April 2004 09:46 (twenty-two years ago)

R Kelly and Bobby Brown.

i dont know why i get them mixed up when their names aren't very similar. was whitney ever married to r kelly?

― lid, Wednesday, 21 April 2004 10:05 (twenty-two years ago)

Butterglory/Bunnygrunt/Mollycuddle/Mommyheads

― Curt (cgould), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 13:39 (twenty-two years ago)

five years pass...

Billy Currington / Bucky Covington (just now realized these are two different guys)

― xhuxk, Thursday, 30 July 2009 22:03 (sixteen years ago)

Sugarcubes/Sugababes

― Geir Hongro, Thursday, 30 July 2009 22:47 (sixteen years ago)

Sugababes/SigurRoss

― Mark G, Thursday, 30 July 2009 23:00 (sixteen years ago)

Bizarros/Rezillos
until last week i hadn't heard Bizarros. no longer mixed up

― outdoor_miner, Thursday, 30 July 2009 23:29 (sixteen years ago)

The Strawbs / Strawberry Alarm Clock
Nashville Pussy / Pussy Galore
David Sylvian / Peter Murphy
Schubert / Schumann / Clara Schumann / William Schuman
Wilhelm Reich / Steve Reich, especially when people just say "Reich".
The Flying Burrito Brothers / The Flying Lizards / The Flying Luttenbachers

― Tourtiere (Owen Pallett), Saturday, 1 August 2009 00:29 (sixteen years ago)

Also, I thought there was an unknown German kraut rock band called Noy for at least a year, until I put it together that they had been talking about Neu!.

And though I don't get them confused, I always have a moment of hesitation whenever I have to speak the name of a composer with a non-intuitively pronounced name: Penderecki, Gorecki, Reich, Boulez, Xenakis.

― Tourtiere (Owen Pallett), Saturday, 1 August 2009 00:31 (sixteen years ago)

Dan Fogelberg and Deeds of Flesh

― Elvin Wayburn Phillips, Saturday, 1 August 2009 00:44 (sixteen years ago)

mink lungs / walt mink

― ian, Saturday, 1 August 2009 00:47 (sixteen years ago)

Sepultura/Pantera

― dlp9001, Saturday, 1 August 2009 01:31 (sixteen years ago)

I've been mixing up Kid Cudi and Kid Creole a lot lately.

― Kommen sie bitte und listen to Kraftwerk (EDB), Saturday, 1 August 2009 02:15 (sixteen years ago)

I confuse anyone named Peter with any other guy named Peter.

― Department of Energy Department (u s steel), Saturday, 1 August 2009 02:43 (sixteen years ago)

This year was really confusing until I realised that Florence and the Machine is not Flossie and the Unicorns.

I keep thinking that the Rentals are the Adverts, who in turn I apparently think are the Members.

EDB's post reminds me that I confuse Kid Creole and Kid Congo Powers, but not the other way round.

― a passing spacecadet, Saturday, 1 August 2009 16:04 (sixteen years ago)

I used to get the Adverts and ATV mixed up a bit.

― Calamari Merkin (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 1 August 2009 16:07 (sixteen years ago)

Donna Summer (the dj)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HO-ts-nOn6Y
&
Donna Summer (the singer)

― ANML_, Saturday, 1 August 2009 16:20 (sixteen years ago)

Oh and Simple Minds & Simply Red

― ANML_, Saturday, 1 August 2009 16:21 (sixteen years ago)

Lounge Lizards - Flying Lizards

― J4mi3 H4rl3y (Snowballing), Saturday, 1 August 2009 16:36 (sixteen years ago)

Worst one for me is remembering which one of Swervedriver and Skrewdrive is the good shoegaze band and which is the presumably bad white supremacist band. Potential for awkward moments in that one now Swervedriver are gigging again!

― eskimo kisses, Saturday, 1 August 2009 20:47 (sixteen years ago)

Ha, I've mixed those two up in conversation before.

― Kommen sie bitte und listen to Kraftwerk (EDB), Saturday, 1 August 2009 21:00 (sixteen years ago)

two months pass...

Anvil Bitch - Angel Witch

― xhuxk, Monday, 12 October 2009 03:32 (sixteen years ago)

Dan Fogelberg and Deeds of Flesh

― Elvin Wayburn Phillips, Saturday, August 1

hahaha

― meisenfek, Monday, 12 October 2009 04:53 (sixteen years ago)

Monoton and Monolake

― abanana, Monday, 12 October 2009 06:36 (sixteen years ago)

Unrest / Unwound

― scarlettgalaxian.jpg (los blue jeans), Monday, 12 October 2009 06:57 (sixteen years ago)

Performers with names that practically rhyme?

― anagram, Monday, 12 October 2009 09:06 (sixteen years ago)

"Modest Mouse / Mouse On Mars"
absolutely! which was the electronic and which the indie rock band again? i don't care for either of them.

i confused the replacements with another group but have forgotten which one. it wasn't the residents.

― alex in mainhattan, Monday, 12 October 2009 10:31 (sixteen years ago)

Kid Creole / King Creosote

― young depardieu looming out of void in hour of profound triumph (Le Bateau Ivre), Monday, 12 October 2009 10:44 (sixteen years ago)

Fine Young Cannibals/Fun Lovin' Criminals

― Hey mighty brontosaurus! (Boxing Kangaroo), Monday, 12 October 2009 12:37 (sixteen years ago)

Roy Montgomery / Roy Buchanan

― a╓by's (╓abies), Monday, 12 October 2009 12:38 (sixteen years ago)

Neutral Milk Hotel / Three Mile Pilot
three word bands are just too much for my little brain...

― alex in mainhattan, Monday, 12 October 2009 13:11 (sixteen years ago)

Age of Chance/Art of Noise
Anthony Braxton/Toni Braxton

― anagram, Monday, 12 October 2009 13:40 (sixteen years ago)

Stone Temple Pilots/Young Marble Giants

― surfing on hokusine waves (ledge), Monday, 12 October 2009 13:47 (sixteen years ago)

Joe Sun / Joe South

― xhuxk, Tuesday, 13 October 2009 16:11 (sixteen years ago)

Momus/Matmos

― mottdeterre, Tuesday, 13 October 2009 16:18 (sixteen years ago)

June Christy/Chris Conner

If I hear one of them "blind" I always have give it a few seconds to figure out if its June or Chris

― mottdeterre, Tuesday, 13 October 2009 16:19 (sixteen years ago)

one month passes...

That's a good one. One minor thing: It's Connor.
Ron Affif/Roni Ben-Hur

― Welcome To The King Pleasure-dome (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 23 November 2009 00:58 (sixteen years ago)

one month passes...

dark lotus / flying lotus

― Dinosauciers (los blue jeans), Tuesday, 12 January 2010 07:23 (sixteen years ago)

Age of Chance/Art of Noise

even more confusing for some, given that they both covered Kiss.

― mark e, Tuesday, 12 January 2010 09:53 (sixteen years ago)

Cardiacs / Cardigans

― Monophonic Spree (Paul in Santa Cruz), Tuesday, 12 January 2010 10:08 (sixteen years ago)

i confused the replacements with another group but have forgotten which one. it wasn't the residents.
― alex in mainhattan, Monday, 12 October 2009 10:31 (3 months ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

The Go-Betwewens?

― Mark G, Tuesday, 12 January 2010 14:30 (sixteen years ago)

Replacements/Descendents I bet

― Individualism, alcoholism, collectivism, activism (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 12 January 2010 14:54 (sixteen years ago)

I was trying to remember which soundalike I confused with Flying Lotus. Turns out it was White Rainbow. Not sure where I'm coming from with that one.

― FC Tom Tomsk Club (Merdeyeux), Tuesday, 12 January 2010 15:46 (sixteen years ago)

i confused the replacements with another group but have forgotten which one. it wasn't the residents.

― alex in mainhattan, Monday, 12 October 2009 10:31 (3 months ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

The Go-Betwewens?

― Mark G, Tuesday, January 12, 2010 9:30 AM (6 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Replacements/Descendents I bet

― Individualism, alcoholism, collectivism, activism (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, January 12, 2010 9:54 AM (5 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

The Rembrandts?

― Kylie is a vacant Phifer (kingkongvsgodzilla), Tuesday, 12 January 2010 20:50 (sixteen years ago)

The Refreshments!!!

― Hideous Lump, Wednesday, 13 January 2010 04:41 (sixteen years ago)

edan / esham

― Dinosauciers (los blue jeans), Thursday, 14 January 2010 04:21 (sixteen years ago)

Eddie Rabbit / Eddy Raven / Kenny Rankin / Trevor Rabin

― xhuxk, Tuesday, 26 January 2010 03:26 (sixteen years ago)

for some reason.... Jobraith and Bohannon.....

― m0stlyClean, Tuesday, 26 January 2010 04:13 (sixteen years ago)

laughing hands / flaming hands

― mintox plus oral (electricsound), Tuesday, 26 January 2010 04:19 (sixteen years ago)

one month passes...

Leigh Stephens / Leith Stevens

Five Blind Boys Of Alabama / Five Blind Boys Of Mississippi

― xhuxk, Wednesday, 24 March 2010 15:02 (sixteen years ago)

Diamond Reo / Diamond Rio

― xhuxk, Wednesday, 24 March 2010 15:06 (sixteen years ago)

AC Temple/AC Newman

― You Weaked It! (MaresNest), Thursday, 25 March 2010 14:42 (sixteen years ago)

John McLaughlin/Jon McLaughlin

― he's always been a bit of an anti-climb Max (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 25 March 2010 14:44 (sixteen years ago)

Manitoba / Handsome Dick Manitoba, apparently.

― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Thursday, 25 March 2010 14:47 (sixteen years ago)

two months pass...

I used to really mix up Marissa Nadler and Nina Nastasia... thought they were the same person!

― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Sunday, 30 May 2010 06:40 (sixteen years ago)

Used to confuse Sensational Alex Harvey Band with Steve Harley And Cockney Rebel, who I also used to confuse with Cockney Rejects

― xhuxk, Monday, 31 May 2010 22:00 (sixteen years ago)

Can't believe I'm first with this one:

School of Seven Bells
Voice of the Seven Woods/Thunders

― anagram, Friday, 4 June 2010 08:41 (sixteen years ago)

+ Snow White and the Seven Dwarves?

― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Friday, 4 June 2010 13:46 (sixteen years ago)

As has become evident on another thread somewhere up in here, I get the Pink bands confused: Pink Reason, Pink Noise, Pink I-Think-There's-a-Couple-More...

― ImprovSpirit, Friday, 4 June 2010 15:26 (sixteen years ago)

The Big Pink
Pink Swords

― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Friday, 4 June 2010 16:13 (sixteen years ago)

Ariel Pink

― anagram, Friday, 4 June 2010 16:16 (sixteen years ago)

Flux of Pink Indiebands

― Vision Creation Mansun (NickB), Friday, 4 June 2010 16:19 (sixteen years ago)

four months pass...

Loose Ends / Loose Joints

― xhuxk, Friday, 8 October 2010 14:46 (fifteen years ago)

Steve Khan / Steve Kuhn

― xhuxk, Saturday, 9 October 2010 15:34 (fifteen years ago)

Deerhhof and Deerhoof

― rattle, Saturday, 9 October 2010 20:00 (fifteen years ago)

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

And now Wolf People ffs.

― margana (anagram), Monday, 18 October 2010 11:54 (fifteen years ago)

Loose Ends / Loose Joints

Loose Lips Sink Ships

― margana (anagram), Monday, 18 October 2010 11:55 (fifteen years ago)

John Cale
JJ Cale
John Cage

unfortunate show experience on the weekend.

― 15-60-77 (S-), Monday, 18 October 2010 12:18 (fifteen years ago)

a friend and I have a tiresome running joke [via Obvious jokes/puns that people always make as though they were the first persons to think of them] about a sitcom where those three musicians rent a house together

― rmde cat and the dweebs (DJ Mencap), Monday, 18 October 2010 12:23 (fifteen years ago)

the JJ cage?

― Mark G, Monday, 18 October 2010 12:27 (fifteen years ago)

Sly Stone and Sly Fox. Especially their music.

― clemenza, Monday, 18 October 2010 12:34 (fifteen years ago)

Steve Khan / Steve Kuhn

Yup. I think the first guy is the son of Sammy Cahn. There is also a Latin percussionist Steve Kroon, to add to the confusion.

― THE BOSS aka the steenspringer (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 18 October 2010 19:00 (fifteen years ago)

not artists, but i constantly forget "dream pop" is different than "sunshine pop" and am disappointed by the lack of buoyant fifth dimension & turtles songs

― chilli, Tuesday, 19 October 2010 08:46 (fifteen years ago)

This includes band names and album names:
Soft Machine, The Soft Boys, The Soft Bulletin, The Soft Parade, The Soft Pink Truth, The Big Pink, Music From the Big Pink

― MarkoP, Tuesday, 19 October 2010 14:15 (fifteen years ago)

Jerry Lewis and Jerry Lee Lewis

― MarkoP, Tuesday, 19 October 2010 14:17 (fifteen years ago)

Deadly Snakes and Detroit Cobras

― MarkoP, Tuesday, 19 October 2010 14:18 (fifteen years ago)

Friendly Fires and Fleet Foxes

― A brownish area with points (chap), Tuesday, 19 October 2010 14:19 (fifteen years ago)

Orb/Orbital/William Orbit

― bham, Tuesday, 19 October 2010 14:24 (fifteen years ago)

All the bands with 'bear' in the name - panda bear, seabear, grizzly bear etc

Mouse bands, too, while I'm here - modest mouse, mouse on mars etc

― Daniel Giraffe, Tuesday, 19 October 2010 14:30 (fifteen years ago)

Modest Mussorgski on Mars

― Mark G, Tuesday, 19 October 2010 15:02 (fifteen years ago)

ooof now you're really confusing me, Mark

― Daniel Giraffe, Tuesday, 19 October 2010 15:31 (fifteen years ago)

Mojave 3, Spacemen 3, Secret Chiefs 3

― MarkoP, Tuesday, 19 October 2010 18:46 (fifteen years ago)

Don Williams and Don Gibson

― If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be An Airport, Monday, 1 November 2010 13:36 (fifteen years ago)

Beach House and Best Coast

― very wary hairy Barry (herb albert), Monday, 1 November 2010 13:41 (fifteen years ago)

David Lasley / David Lindley

― xhuxk, Monday, 1 November 2010 13:47 (fifteen years ago)

A lot of these seem to be instances where the spelling or names are similar.

Not me (of course), but many people think Robert Palmer and Robert Plant are the same guy.
It's easy to get Ryan Adams and Bryan Adams mixed up because of the similar spelling.

Amerie, Ciara, Cassie, Toya, Kandi, Lil' Mo and Nivea are interchangeable artists in the same genre.
Allure, Xscape, Brownstone, Total and SWV were all similar and interchangeable and easy to mix up as well.

― Just breaking it in, feels comfy (MintIce), Monday, 1 November 2010 13:59 (fifteen years ago)

Don Felder / Don Fagen

― very wary hairy Barry (herb albert), Saturday, 13 November 2010 00:06 (fifteen years ago)

Fairport Convention/Fairground Attraction

― late adopter, Saturday, 13 November 2010 03:18 (fifteen years ago)

Beach House, Beach Fossils

like neither.

― Good news, everyone! (kelpolaris), Monday, 15 November 2010 19:07 (fifteen years ago)

Dwight Twilley
Mink DeVille

yeah, I know it don't make no sense

Atlanta Rhythm Section
Amazing Rhythm Aces

makes more sense

― henry s, Tuesday, 16 November 2010 02:05 (fifteen years ago)

also:

Lobo
Poco

― henry s, Tuesday, 16 November 2010 02:05 (fifteen years ago)

Beach House / Best Coast

― The Great Cool Lulu who sleeps in Riley... (dog latin), Tuesday, 16 November 2010 12:03 (fifteen years ago)

embrace, idlewild, athlete, starsailor, travis, keane,

― jumpskins, Tuesday, 16 November 2010 17:03 (fifteen years ago)

one month passes...

I just realized that I never listened to Hauschka before and it's all Devotchka's fault.

― O Permaban (NickB), Thursday, 6 January 2011 10:15 (fifteen years ago)

bardo pond / bevis frond

― KC & the sunshine banned (outdoor_miner), Thursday, 6 January 2011 14:30 (fifteen years ago)

woah, I didn't even realize until just now.

― won't be on this church plan ting (kkvgz), Thursday, 6 January 2011 14:32 (fifteen years ago)

Arto Lindsay and David Lindley.

― Dodo Lurker (Slim and Slam), Thursday, 6 January 2011 17:55 (fifteen years ago)

arto lindsay and lindsay lohan

― ilxor this could be a standout thread for you imo (ilxor), Friday, 7 January 2011 23:43 (fifteen years ago)

zu/zs

― sonderangerbot, Friday, 7 January 2011 23:48 (fifteen years ago)

deer(hoof/hunter)

― plax (ico), Friday, 7 January 2011 23:53 (fifteen years ago)

David Lynch and whoever that other Lynch chick not a director is. Ok, I guess I can actually distinguish between them. It's just whenever I see the other Lynch the first image that pops up in my mind is David and then .00052 seconds later I realize it's a reference to the other.

― heh (kelpolaris), Friday, 7 January 2011 23:56 (fifteen years ago)

Paul Young (Sad Café and Mike + The Mechanics) and Paul Young ("Wherever I Lay My Hat", "Come Back And Stay" and so on) tend to be mixed up a lot for obvious reasons. The latter was even mourned in various places when they former died.

― You're Twistin' My Melody Man! (Geir Hongro), Saturday, 8 January 2011 00:01 (fifteen years ago)

Also tend to mix up Anthrax and Megadeth, probably for partly the same reasons why some have Built To Spill and Guided By Voices mixed up.

― You're Twistin' My Melody Man! (Geir Hongro), Saturday, 8 January 2011 00:02 (fifteen years ago)

Vandenberg / Vanderhoof

― xhuxk, Saturday, 8 January 2011 01:49 (fifteen years ago)

Pete Yorn / David Yow

― m0stlyClean, Saturday, 8 January 2011 01:57 (fifteen years ago)

embarrassed myself the other week by mixing up Guy with Joe

― los blue jeans, Saturday, 8 January 2011 01:59 (fifteen years ago)

four weeks pass...

tender trap/tiger trap/temper trap

― jumpskins, Monday, 7 February 2011 10:05 (fifteen years ago)

Not similar names but: The National, Deerhunter and Menomena are basically all jumbled up in the same drawer in my brain.

― Bernard V. O'Hare (dog latin), Monday, 7 February 2011 10:23 (fifteen years ago)

Not like I mix'em up, but I still like this track:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EW1Frr4OcRc

― You're Twistin' My Melody Man! (Geir Hongro), Monday, 7 February 2011 23:17 (fifteen years ago)

Deerhoof and Deerhunter mix me up the most. I even went to see a show that Deerhunter headlined and I still don't really remember who they are.

― frogbs, Monday, 7 February 2011 23:25 (fifteen years ago)

sun city girls/vivian girls/dum dum girls

― gman59, Monday, 7 February 2011 23:28 (fifteen years ago)

when I was a kid I thought Tone Loc was a member of Tony! Toni! Tone! and was crushed when I found out I was wrong

― door to door legume salesman (San Te), Monday, 7 February 2011 23:31 (fifteen years ago)

Fantomas / Grupo Fantasma

― m0stlyClean, Tuesday, 8 February 2011 03:23 (fifteen years ago)

sun city girls/vivian girls/dum dum girls
― gman59, Monday, 7 February 2011 23:28 (2 days ago) Bookmark

maybe you wanna add spice girls to that?

― jumpskins, Wednesday, 9 February 2011 02:10 (fifteen years ago)

one month passes...

Unsane / Unrest

― Damn this thread seems so....different without ilxor (ilxor), Wednesday, 9 March 2011 16:04 (fifteen years ago)

hate this ^:

there are multiple artists with this name:
1. An American indie rock band
2. A German heavy metal band
3. An American grindcore band
4. An American hardcore band
5. A Bulgarian crust band

― Crouching Seward, Hidden Raggett (kelpolaris), Wednesday, 9 March 2011 17:05 (fifteen years ago)

Sun Araw / Sun Airway

Dirty Blondes / Dirty Beaches / Beach House

― ilxor you've listened to one odd future album once (ilxor), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 17:26 (fifteen years ago)

Nikka Costa and Nina Sky for some reason.

― MarkoP, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 17:54 (fifteen years ago)

Baths/Braids

― MarkoP, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 17:58 (fifteen years ago)

The Strokes / my bowel movements

― ilxor you've listened to one odd future album once (ilxor), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 18:03 (fifteen years ago)

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

I think I may occasionally get the 2 names confused when saying them, wrong last word coming out> but I certainly know which is which,
One of my fav tshirts is the red The Day The Earth Met The
or rather two of my, since I got sent a free tshirt when Jim Jones being ill delayed an order from the Ubu boutique.

Got several tracks from the lp on my walkman too.
Not heard much RFTCrypt.

― Stevolende, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 00:02 (fifteen years ago)

Paul Young (Sad Café and Mike + The Mechanics) and Paul Young ("Wherever I Lay My Hat", "Come Back And Stay" and so on)

Those two and also John Paul Young ("Love Is In The Air")

― Lee626, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 00:15 (fifteen years ago)

Modest Mouse/Danger Mouse

Velvet Crush/Velvet Revolver (but never Velvet Underground)

The Hives, The Bees, The Bird and the Bee

― Lee626, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 00:22 (fifteen years ago)

Every band with the word "deer" in it's name.

'cept Deerhoof. I like Deerhoof.

― Comics can't all be syringes and scalpels poised before eyes. y'know? (R Baez), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 00:23 (fifteen years ago)

Spiderbait/Nunbait/Christbait

Powederfinger/Powdermonkeys

― le grenouille mange le pomplamoose (Trayce), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 00:36 (fifteen years ago)

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 (fifteen years ago)

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

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

JJ Cale and John Cale, for me

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

John Cale and Kale

http://www.boston.com/ae/theater_arts/exhibitionist/john_cale02.jpg http://www.skrewtips.com/img/inside_products_kale.jpg

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

That leaf looks like a Steven to me

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

cloud control / cloud nothings

naked on the vague / naked and famous

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

one month passes...

Angie B / B Angie B

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

The Flamin' Groovies/The Fabulous Poodles

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

one month passes...

Bill Laswell
Bill Nelson
Bill Caddick
Bill MacCormick

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

two weeks pass...

Best Coast
Beach House

― chupacabra - a delicious burrito (DJP), Wednesday, 29 June 2011 12:25 (fourteen years ago)

Mandre / Mandrill / Cymande

― R. Stornoway (Tom D.), Wednesday, 29 June 2011 12:26 (fourteen years ago)

Beach House
Best Coast

― la tristessa demerera (dog latin), Wednesday, 29 June 2011 13:20 (fourteen years ago)

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 (fourteen years ago)

two weeks pass...

The Shadow Ring/In Gowan Ring

― ban this sick stunt (anagram), Friday, 15 July 2011 15:04 (fourteen years ago)

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y115/kitbrash/mikesg.jpg

Mike G / Mike G / MC Miker G

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

one 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 (fourteen years ago)

two 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 (fourteen years ago)

The Kinks and the Knack
The Kinks and the Kooks

― Pohnny Jolo (buckatee91), Sunday, 11 September 2011 22:22 (fourteen years ago)

but NOT The Knack and the Kooks

― owenf, Sunday, 11 September 2011 22:44 (fourteen years ago)

Deceased/Decapitated

― Siegbran, Sunday, 11 September 2011 22:50 (fourteen years ago)

Beach Boys / Pet Shop Boys

― ArchCarrier, Monday, 12 September 2011 10:58 (fourteen years ago)

Old Man Gloom / Old Man's Child

― xhuxk, Monday, 12 September 2011 13:27 (fourteen years ago)

"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 (fourteen years ago)

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 (fourteen years ago)

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 (fourteen years ago)

sade
slade

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

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 (fourteen years ago)

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

― scott seward, Monday, 12 September 2011 21:39 (fourteen years ago)

john mcenroe from tortoise, love that guy

― Geirge Hongriot (NickB), Monday, 12 September 2011 21:43 (fourteen years ago)

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

― Clarke B., Monday, 12 September 2011 22:05 (fourteen years ago)

todd edwards/theo parrish

― fennel cartwright, Thursday, 15 September 2011 02:52 (fourteen years ago)

Ab Baars/The Art Bears

― ban this sick stunt (anagram), Monday, 26 September 2011 07:34 (fourteen years ago)

one 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 (fourteen years ago)

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 (fourteen years ago)

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

― clemenza, Monday, 7 November 2011 02:08 (fourteen years ago)

When I was a kid I inexplicably confused Kiss and Heart

― Everything else is secondary (Lee626), Monday, 7 November 2011 03:37 (fourteen years ago)

neil hamburger
neil hagerty

― spoilt edwardian child (rip van wanko), Monday, 7 November 2011 04:12 (fourteen years ago)

Timbuk 3 and Tim Buckley

― Peas, Ants, Pigs & Astronauts (PaulTMA), Monday, 7 November 2011 06:23 (fourteen years ago)

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 (fourteen years ago)

Heidi Julavits/Judith Shulevitz

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

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 (fourteen years ago)

six 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 (fourteen years ago)

three 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 (thirteen years ago)

John Edwards as well.

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

Black Keys / Black Crowes

― LeRooLeRoo, Monday, 24 September 2012 21:46 (thirteen years ago)

beth gibbons / beth orton

― have a sandwich or ice cream sandwich (Jordan), Wednesday, 3 October 2012 14:50 (thirteen years ago)

MSTRKRFT and MNGMNT....

― m0stlyClean, Wednesday, 3 October 2012 16:44 (thirteen years ago)

Brandon Flowers and Hothouse Flowers

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

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 (thirteen years ago)

Fever Ray/Lana Del Rey

― SimianBoffin, Wednesday, 3 October 2012 22:29 (thirteen years ago)

eleven months pass...

Have been confusing these two for years:

Bruce Haack
Ron Geesin

― i'll be your mraz (NickB), Wednesday, 25 September 2013 11:35 (twelve years ago)

Neko Case
Nick Cave

― my father will guide me up the stairs to bed (anagram), Wednesday, 25 September 2013 11:54 (twelve years ago)

Walking On Thin Ice by Annie Lennox / Walking On Broken Glass by Yoko

― PaulTMA, Wednesday, 25 September 2013 13:02 (twelve years ago)

Ólöf Arnalds/Ólafur Arnalds

(they're cousins)

― Remember! The cormorant is a big brrd. It has got a long neck. (unregistered), Wednesday, 25 September 2013 13:18 (twelve years ago)

Sloan
Slade
Suede

― fresh (crüt), Tuesday, 1 October 2013 20:38 (twelve years ago)

Frankie Valli and Frankie Avalon

― Ex Slacker, Wednesday, 2 October 2013 16:53 (twelve years ago)

this mortal coil
these immortal souls

― nostormo, Wednesday, 2 October 2013 16:55 (twelve years ago)

eight months pass...

Lydia loveless/Lydia lunch. Potentially very bad consequences there.

― ₴HABΔZZ ¶IZZΔ (Hurting 2), Friday, 6 June 2014 16:48 (twelve years ago)

Kenny Aaronson/Kenny Aronoff

― Prince Kajuku (Bill Magill), Friday, 6 June 2014 18:15 (twelve years ago)

four months pass...

Erasure
Eurythmics

― how's life, Tuesday, 4 November 2014 18:40 (eleven years ago)

two months pass...

P.F. Sloan / P. J. Proby
Wild Fang / White Lung

― xhuxk, Friday, 23 January 2015 14:15 (eleven years ago)

Bruno Mars/Jason Mraz/Olly Murs

― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Friday, 23 January 2015 14:16 (eleven years ago)

Frankie Valli and Frankie Avalon

― Ex Slacker, Wednesday, October 2, 2013 11:53 AM (1 year ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

This reminds me of a gag on Modern Family I liked, where the character thinks he's going to see Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons but is disappointed to discover it's Vivaldi's The Four Seasons.

― ed.b, Friday, 23 January 2015 14:41 (eleven years ago)

Huey Lewis and Bruce Springsteen

― Poliopolice, Friday, 23 January 2015 16:41 (eleven years ago)

For the longest time, Gram Parsons and Graham Parker.

― Ronald Raisins (Old Lunch), Friday, 23 January 2015 17:07 (eleven years ago)

James Holden and Jon Hopkins, and i think a third modern electronic artist with a bland annglo name that starts with J.

― virtuoso thigh slapper (Jordan), Friday, 23 January 2015 17:16 (eleven years ago)

Rodney Jerkins/Rodney Jenkees

― MarkoP, Sunday, 25 January 2015 22:54 (eleven years ago)

two weeks pass...

Jex Thoth / James Toth (Wooden Wand)

― Dinsdale, Saturday, 14 February 2015 14:17 (eleven years ago)

Guster and Gomez

― MarkoP, Saturday, 14 February 2015 14:27 (eleven years ago)

three weeks pass...

Jex Thoth / James Toth (Wooden Wand)

― Dinsdale, Saturday, February 14, 2015 9:17 AM (3 weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

were married; she kept the name

― Jimmywine Dyspeptic, Wednesday, 11 March 2015 02:13 (eleven years ago)

Billy Strayhorn / Billy Eckstine occasionally

― five six and (man alive), Wednesday, 11 March 2015 02:15 (eleven years ago)

cee lo and cedric the entertainer

― flappy bird (spazzmatazz), Wednesday, 11 March 2015 02:28 (eleven years ago)

chris whitley / keith whitley

harmonia / harmonium

incidentally I like all four of these artists

― Jimmywine Dyspeptic, Wednesday, 11 March 2015 02:37 (eleven years ago)

Swervedriver / Skrewdriver

― lil urbane (Jordan), Wednesday, 11 March 2015 22:09 (eleven years ago)

I've my entire life thought Mick Turner and Mick Harvey were the same Australian musician and had the pleasure of being availed of this misconception in front of one of them (Harvey)

― got a long list of ilxors (fgti), Saturday, 14 March 2015 05:00 (eleven years ago)

Never occurred to me that Swervedriver / Slowdive could cause some confusion until the person who wrote up the former's show for the Mpls paper referenced "Slowdrive."

― geoffreyess, Saturday, 14 March 2015 16:03 (eleven years ago)

two weeks pass...

Romare / Fort Romeau

― lil urbane (Jordan), Wednesday, 1 April 2015 16:44 (eleven years ago)

I've my entire life thought Mick Turner and Mick Harvey were the same Australian musician and had the pleasure of being availed of this misconception in front of one of them (Harvey)

ouch :/

― lil urbane (Jordan), Wednesday, 1 April 2015 16:44 (eleven years ago)

three weeks pass...

Wild Beasts
Wild Cub
Wild Nothing

― MarkoP, Friday, 24 April 2015 23:46 (eleven years ago)

Deerhunter
Deerhoof

Black Dice
Black Keys

― mintap, Saturday, 25 April 2015 03:28 (eleven years ago)

Erroll Garner and Mal Waldron, for some reason. They're both pianists/composers, but their names aren't similar, apart from r's and l's. I even listened to one of them today, as part of an Eric Dolphy box, and I can't remember which one.

― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Saturday, 25 April 2015 03:31 (eleven years ago)

Black Dice
Black Keys

This one confused me for quite a while. I couldn't reckon how the noisy and alienating band I once heard in person had managed to become so beloved and commercially successful

― Josefa, Saturday, 25 April 2015 03:46 (eleven years ago)

That is exactly what happened to me. I saw Black Dice live and a little while later saw them being celebrated. I never gave Black Keys a proper listen thinking they were the noisy alienating band I saw.

― mintap, Saturday, 25 April 2015 05:09 (eleven years ago)

Crystal Castles
Crystal Antlers
The Antlers

― alpine static, Saturday, 25 April 2015 05:10 (eleven years ago)

Inquisition
Tribulation

― alpine static, Saturday, 25 April 2015 05:10 (eleven years ago)

Bruce Springsteen
Buffalo Springfield

― Poliopolice, Saturday, 25 April 2015 13:31 (eleven years ago)

The Gaslight Anthem
The Gaslamp Killer

(just had to check to make sure I hadn't written a mix of each one's name)

― moans and feedback (Dinsdale), Sunday, 3 May 2015 16:07 (eleven years ago)

The wideboys
The wiseguys

― the finest of display names? o rly (wins), Sunday, 3 May 2015 19:29 (eleven years ago)

Eddie Cantor
Eddie Fisher

― Thank You For Talking Machine, Chemirocha (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 3 May 2015 19:49 (eleven years ago)

the brian jonestown massacre
the jon spencer blues explosion

― flappy bird, Sunday, 3 May 2015 19:50 (eleven years ago)

Ceremony
Coliseum
Converge (to a lesser extent)

― alpine static, Tuesday, 12 May 2015 18:12 (eleven years ago)

three months pass...

Faust and Feist

― Gorefest Frump (Doctor Casino), Monday, 31 August 2015 17:58 (ten years ago)

I remember someone confusing Isla StClair and Eyeless in Gaza once.

― Mark G, Monday, 31 August 2015 18:37 (ten years ago)

Dead Weather
Deafheaven

― how's life, Monday, 31 August 2015 18:38 (ten years ago)

As a kid I thought U2 was an abbreviation of 2 Unlimited, and they were the same band

(I've since sent an apology letter to 2 Unlimited)

― flyingtrain (sbahnhof), Monday, 31 August 2015 19:08 (ten years ago)

Not all that similar I guess but I used to always mix up Dirty Projectors/New Pornographers (both dirty and film related?)

― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Monday, 31 August 2015 19:12 (ten years ago)

four months pass...

Silverchair/Chairlift

― moans and feedback (Dinsdale), Tuesday, 26 January 2016 22:00 (ten years ago)

one month passes...

Gary Burton / Burton Greene

― Wimmels, Monday, 7 March 2016 05:02 (ten years ago)

slint and sloan

― diana krallice (rushomancy), Monday, 7 March 2016 11:47 (ten years ago)

Momus/Matmos
― mottdeterre, Tuesday, October 13, 2009 4:18 PM (6 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Michaelangelo Matos / Matmos

― Mark G, Monday, 7 March 2016 13:36 (ten years ago)

Wild Beasts/Wild Nothing
Wild Beasts/West Coast

(not West Coast/Wild Nothing tho)

― moans and feedback (Dinsdale), Monday, 7 March 2016 13:38 (ten years ago)

one month passes...

White Fence / White Denim
(probably mentioned upthread)

― Wimmels, Friday, 8 April 2016 14:33 (ten years ago)

Vic Mensa / Vince Staples

― MarkoP, Friday, 8 April 2016 17:47 (ten years ago)

one month passes...

Cass McCombs and Connan Mockasin

― MarkoP, Tuesday, 24 May 2016 17:58 (ten years ago)

Cass McCombs and Gaz Coombs

― Le Bateau Ivre, Tuesday, 24 May 2016 22:41 (ten years ago)

six months pass...

Peaches Geldof was *not* the musician Peaches? Well, that explains that.

― sbahnhof, Sunday, 11 December 2016 09:40 (nine years ago)

Besnard Lakes : Barenaked Ladies

Srsly how do you name your band "besnard lakes" unless you live under a rock

― calstars, Sunday, 11 December 2016 20:07 (nine years ago)

one month passes...

emptyset / emptiness

― Dinsdale, Monday, 23 January 2017 18:11 (nine years ago)

cLOUDDEAD/Cloud Nothings

― Everything Moves Towards The Sun (Ross), Monday, 23 January 2017 20:53 (nine years ago)

eleven months pass...

It just hit me that I'd been mistaking Japanese Breakfast for Half Japanese all this time.

― Dinsdale, Tuesday, 16 January 2018 20:16 (eight years ago)

Superchunk / Supertramp

American Football / Modern Baseball

― flappy bird, Tuesday, 16 January 2018 21:26 (eight years ago)

one year passes...

Rush / DJ Rush / Dasha Rush / Jana Rush / Dana Ruh

― ed.b, Tuesday, 16 July 2019 15:24 (six years ago)

Don't forget Ed Rush

― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, 16 July 2019 16:36 (six years ago)

McCarthy / mclusky

― Zeuhl Idol (Matt #2), Wednesday, 17 July 2019 18:35 (six years ago)

Mac Miller/Mac DeMarco

― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Wednesday, 17 July 2019 19:00 (six years ago)

vini reilly / vic chesnutt

― thomasintrouble, Wednesday, 17 July 2019 19:31 (six years ago)

two weeks pass...

Bill Evans and Gil Evans are both great, but it took me forever to work out which was which.

― enochroot, Friday, 2 August 2019 13:16 (six years ago)

Alva Noto / Aldo Nova

― henry s, Friday, 2 August 2019 15:43 (six years ago)

I kept getting Dua Lipa and Rita Ora absolutely mixed up for a while.

― 60... 90... 120 Minute IPA (morrisp), Friday, 2 August 2019 15:52 (six years ago)

Nick Nicely / Nick Garrie

― frame casual (dog latin), Friday, 2 August 2019 16:00 (six years ago)

Rita Ora / Rita Indiana

― change display name (Jordan), Friday, 2 August 2019 16:27 (six years ago)

Steve Moore (of Zombi) / Steve Moore (of Earth, Sunn O>>> etc)

― crumhorn invasion (Matt #2), Friday, 2 August 2019 16:32 (six years ago)

Charly Bliss / Charly Black

― frame casual (dog latin), Friday, 2 August 2019 20:27 (six years ago)

I sometimes think of Rita Lee from Os Mutantes when I see Rita Ora's name

― frame casual (dog latin), Friday, 2 August 2019 20:28 (six years ago)

The corniest songs of 1999 poll was won by LFO, who I always thought were a British bleep techno band from the 90's, so I'm thinking how corny could that song be, really?
I only just now learned that there are actually two LFO's, and one of them is an american boy band.

― enochroot, Thursday, 8 August 2019 01:38 (six years ago)

ONUKA / ODESZA.

Bob Lefsetz has seen the future of music and it’s a Ukrainian EDM act? Oh, wait...

(posted this on the general thread, but it belongs here)

― breastcrawl, Thursday, 8 August 2019 05:44 (six years ago)

two months pass...

Sun Ra / Pharoah Sanders

― enochroot, Monday, 28 October 2019 11:58 (six years ago)

Norma Winstone / Norma Waterson

― fetter, Monday, 28 October 2019 12:31 (six years ago)

one month passes...

Randys Crawford and Newman, in the past, although I've got a pretty good handle on them now.