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Similar Names Confusing You?
There are too many names in music that sound too similar. How often do you read a band name and think it's someone else? Here are some that confuse me on a daily basis, (and a few I had to think about to make this list longer.)
The Flesh & The Fever & The Fall
Go Team & Go Find
Morning Theft & Morning After
Black Dice & Black Eyes
Madison & Madison Strays & AND Madison
American Music Club & American Analog Set
Cassettes & Microphones & Walkmen
Cave In & At the Drive In
Calexico & Califone
Desaparecidos & Despistado
Elliot Smith & Elliot & Elliot Sharp
Feist & Fennesz
Hayden & Snowden
Kings of Convenience & Kings of Leon
Mellowdrone & Autodrone
Darkness & I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness
Opeth & Otep
The Long Winters & A Long Winter
Minus the Bear & The Minus 5 & Minus Story & Minus 8 & plus/minus
Saint Etienne & Etienne De Cracy
The Orb & Orbital
DFA Records & Death From Above 1979
Luna Lounge & Lit Lounge
Magnetic Fields & (the Brooklyn bar) Magnetic Field
And here are some that, although similar, have never actually confused me:
Arcade Fire & A.R.E. Weapons
Beach Boys & Beastie Boys
White Stripes & White Magic
Bjork & Brant Bjork
Handsome Boy Modeling School & Handsome Family
Xiu Xiu and Zsa Zsa
Mary Lou Lord & The Lords of Acid
Missy Elliot and any of the above mentioned Elliots
Lunachicks & The Dixie Chicks
Scissor Sisters & The Pointer Sisters
Do you have any more?
Posted on November 19, 2004 1:18 AM
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Comments (10)
Black Dice, Black Eyes, Frog Eyes, Wolf Eyes, Wolf Parade
Posted by Keith | November 19, 2004 9:57 AM
Keith, that is genius. I can't believe I forgot Wolf Eyes and Wolf Parade. good one.
Posted by brooklynvegan | November 19, 2004 1:35 PM
'one louder''s addition of The Kills, The Killers, The Thrills, and The Chills is right on. Another important one.
Posted by brooklynvegan | November 19, 2004 3:59 PM
Can't forget the Adams, Ryan and Bryan!
Posted by jason | November 19, 2004 5:17 PM
Adem and Adom...I still don't know the difference
Posted by Jeff | November 20, 2004 9:14 PM
snowden and snow patrol
the information and the format
the shins and the stills
son, bmbulance and ambulance ltd.
this radiant boy and badly drawn boy
Posted by k | January 12, 2005 11:01 PM
Emanon, Enon, and Eamon!
Posted by Anonymous | April 22, 2005 10:47 AM
Emanon, Enon, and Eamon!
Posted by kim | April 22, 2005 10:47 AM
They haven't similar names but here it goes:
Minus the Bear + Bear Vs. Shark + Sharks Keep Moving = Minus the Bear Vs. Sharks Keep Moving
What an interesting band, uh?
Posted by Flavio | June 14, 2007 3:26 PM
The Stills and The Kills and the Thrills
Posted by Eric | February 25, 2008 11:46 AM