Artists with similar names that you get mixed up

Fantomas / Grupo Fantasma

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?

Unsane / Unrest

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

Sun Araw / Sun Airway

Dirty Blondes / Dirty Beaches / Beach House

Nikka Costa and Nina Sky for some reason.

Baths/Braids

The Strokes / my bowel movements

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.

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")

Modest Mouse/Danger Mouse

Velvet Crush/Velvet Revolver (but never Velvet Underground)

The Hives, The Bees, The Bird and the Bee

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

'cept Deerhoof. I like Deerhoof.

Spiderbait/Nunbait/Christbait

Powederfinger/Powdermonkeys

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.

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

JJ Cale and John Cale, for me

John Cale and Kale

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

That leaf looks like a Steven to me

cloud control / cloud nothings

naked on the vague / naked and famous

Angie B / B Angie B

The Flamin' Groovies/The Fabulous Poodles

Bill Laswell
Bill Nelson
Bill Caddick
Bill MacCormick

Best Coast
Beach House

Mandre / Mandrill / Cymande

Beach House
Best Coast

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

The Shadow Ring/In Gowan Ring

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

Mike G / Mike G / MC Miker G

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

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

The Kinks and the Knack
The Kinks and the Kooks

but NOT The Knack and the Kooks

Deceased/Decapitated

Beach Boys / Pet Shop Boys

Old Man Gloom / Old Man's Child

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

VIDEO KILLED THE RADIO STAR...get a job

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.

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

sade
slade

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.

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

john mcenroe from tortoise, love that guy

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

todd edwards/theo parrish

Ab Baars/The Art Bears

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.

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

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

When I was a kid I inexplicably confused Kiss and Heart

neil hamburger
neil hagerty