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

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

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 years ago) link

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 years ago) link

GvsB = GBV

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

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

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

Kevin Shields and Kevin Ayers, shamefully.

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

malkmus and momus

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

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 years ago) link

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 years ago) link

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

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

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 years ago) link

"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 years ago) link

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

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

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

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

Stephin Merritt vs. Stephen Malkmus

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

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

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

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 years ago) link

the Flaming Lips and the Psychedelic Furs.

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

GAH!

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

meat puppets and material issue

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

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 years ago) link

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 years ago) link

yo la tengo and de la soul

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

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 years ago) link

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 years ago) link

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 years ago) link

Harold Budd and Roy Budd

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

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 years ago) link

Hollywood Brats/Hollywood Stars/Berlin Brats

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

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

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

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 years ago) link

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 years ago) link

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

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

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 years ago) link

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 years ago) link

Squarepusher and Lifterpuller.

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

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 years ago) link

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 years ago) link

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 years ago) link

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 years ago) link

Jan Jelinek, Philip Jeck, and Jandek.

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

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 years ago) link

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 years ago) link

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 years ago) link

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 years ago) link

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 years ago) link

>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 years ago) link

Oh yeah, Camel/Caravan too.

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

And Saxon/Sampson.

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

And Murder City Devils/Demolition Doll Rods/Streetwalkin Cheetahs

And NOFX/Bouncing Souls

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

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People are really bad at coming up with band names aren't they

― ...eh you get the gist of it (dog latin), Tuesday, 20 February 2024 16:37 (one month ago) link

I'm sure I've mentioned this before but for years I sorta ignored - very foolishly and to my detriment, it turns out - Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, because I was confusing them with emo band Sleeptime Trio (who were pretty good as I recall, just not really my thing these days)

― Paul Ponzi, Tuesday, 20 February 2024 19:59 (one month ago) link

I realised today that, even though I should know better because they're all very much in my wheelhouse and they're all actually pretty different and based in different countries, I often conflate:

Sho Madjozi
Toya Delazy
Tkay Mdaiza

― your mom goes to limgrave (dog latin), Friday, 23 February 2024 16:06 (one month ago) link

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