Bands/singers you mix up.

[PeterG]

Band/singers you mixed up in the past or mix up now.

I always used to mix up:

Wang Chung & Wu Tang Clan - only because of the Chinese sounding names, not the music
Fine Young Cannibals & The Christians - appearance and sound
ABC & Icehouse - the great vocals of both men on the early singles
Joe Jackson & Elvis Costello - their style in 1979 on those early singles
Nick Lowe & Dave Edmunds- again in 79, I could never remember who had sung which single

[bob_32_116]

Robert Holmes & Rupert Hine
The Black Keys & The White Stripes

and for a long time I was under the impression that Johnny Rivers' hit song Summer Rain was written by Jimi Hendrix. It was in fact written by Jim Hendricks, who at one time was married to Cass Elliot and is no relation to Jimi.

[Dave (in MA)]

Air Supply and Ambrosia. I think it was 'cause they both had a similar-looking guy with a 'fro and they had some kind of boring "soft-rock" hits around the same time.

The last time I mentioned that in here, I got yelled at.

[trurl]

The last time I mentioned that in here, I got yelled at.

I should think so

[Onomatopoeic]

The Beatles and The Tape Beatles and The Rutles

[bob_32_116]

Pendragon/Pentangle

Anekdoten/Anglagard

Steely Dan/Steeleye Span (not so much nowadays)

[PeterG]

Anekdoten/Anglagard

Yes, on that one, but only the name, and only in the past until I'd heard both of them. I like Anglagard but not Anekdoten.

[GuitarGeek]

Would you believe, once upon a time, I had Pat Metheny and Pat Travers mixed up? This was when I was like 10 years old, and I saw the Pat Metheny Are You Going With Me video on HBO's old Video Jukebox show. But I wasn't sure if it was Metheny or Travers I had seen. Somehow, they both kinda looked similar, in my mind, and I knew they were both known in certain circles for their guitar playing, and of course they have the same first name. Of course, I didn't know that Travers was a boogie oriented rocker, as I had never actually heard his music at the time.

Likewise, I had Ralph Towner and Robin Trower mixed up in my mind for awhile. Once again, it was really before I had heard either's music, but I'd see their names mentioned in guitar magazines, and I wasn't sure which was the acoustic guitarist and which was the Hendrix inspired rock guitar god.

Another one that apparently doesn't make sense to people "in the know" was that when I first got into classical music, I kept getting Boulez and Berlioz mixed up in my mind. Similarly, I had Enrique Berro Garcia mixed up...I can't remember who now, but it somebody from the classical guitar world.

And of course, I initially thought classical guitarist John Williams and film music composer John Williams were one and the same. And I thought the rhythm guitarist in Steve Hillage's 1979 era band was the same Dave Stewart who was in Hatfield And The North (though at least I knew it wasn't the same Dave Stewart from The Eurythmics).

And then there's pianist Bill Evans and saxophonist Bill Evans (both of whom played with Miles Davis, albeit during completely differs in Miles' career).

[GuitarGeek]

Nick Lowe & Dave Edmunds- again in 79, I could never remember who had sung which single

I can see that. I can imagine people not being able to remember if it was Dave or Nick who sang, let's say Cruel To Be Kind, for instance. They kinda have similar voices, they've got similar inclinations towards arrangements, etc, and even using the same back up band on some of their respective solo albums. If i remember correclty, there was a stretch where, whether you were buying a Nick Lowe record, a Dave Edmunds record, or the Rockpile album (there's only one but it's still part of the saga), you were getting basically the same band.

[mnprogger]

Rise Against and Against Me

[Scott Bails]

Any rapper or hip-hop artist.

[PeterG]

If i remember correclty, there was a stretch where, whether you were buying a Nick Lowe record, a Dave Edmunds record, or the Rockpile album (there's only one but it's still part of the saga), you were getting basically the same band.

Correct!

[PeterG]

Pat Metheny and Pat Travers

I'm still not sure if I could tell you which was which. I have no idea where either of them are from, what they look like or how old they are. I have no idea what Metheny plays, never heard his music nor much of Travers in fact, but I think Travers leans towards hard rock, doesn't he?

[Calabasas_Trafalgar]

Steve Perry and Mickey Thomas. Can't tell them apart without a voice analyser, and they both suck.

[Garden Dreamer]

I think Travers leans towards hard rock, doesn't he?

Travers was 70's hard blues/rock. He would typically be on one of those 70's triple-bills of lower-tier bands that played small arenas, and would include Foghat, Mahogany Rush, UFO, Ted Nugent, Rush, Starz, Aerosmith, etc. (i.e. Rush and Aerosmith in their early days, before mega-popularity).

[trurl]

Travers was ok... he wrote some good songs and his band was great- Nicko McBrain and Tommy Aldredge on drums, the fantastic Mars Cowling, even Pat Thrall for a time. It was unfortunate that of course his biggest hits were terrible songs- Snortin' Whiskey and Boom Boom Out Go The Lights.

[Twelfth Earl of Mar]

My wife, who likes more pop/alternative, always mixes up Styx & Kansas, and also Blues Traveler & Dave Matthews Band.

[jcleary]

Air Supply and Ambrosia. I think it was 'cause they both had a similar-looking guy with a 'fro and they had some kind of boring "soft-rock" hits around the same time.

The last time I mentioned that in here, I got yelled at.

Yeah here's one of their boring "soft rock" songs.

[Trane]

Joe Jackson & Elvis Costello - their style in 1979 on those early singles
Nick Lowe & Dave Edmunds- again in 79, I could never remember who had sung which single

Yup Lowe and Edmunds, I can see it

Howeer I used to love JJ's first two punkish albums, so there was no possible confusion to anyone else

Steve Perry and Mickey Thomas. Can't tell them apart without a voice analyser, and they both suck.

Utterly hate both

Air Supply and Ambrosia. I think it was 'cause they both had a similar-looking guy with a 'fro and they had some kind of boring "soft-rock" hits around the same time.

The last time I mentioned that in here, I got yelled at.

I should think so

Yup, I'm sure there are some people here that still think (wrongly ) that Ambrosia was any good after their debut album

[GuitarGeek]

Steve Perry and Mickey Thomas. Can't tell them apart without a voice analyser, and they both suck.

Yeah, well, the singer isn't the reason you're listening to Journey or Jefferson Starship anyway. And if you're listening to Starship (no Jefferson), then you seriously need help.

[Trane]

For years, all I knew from the band America was Horse With No nNamùe, and I spent years looking for that track on Neil Young albums. But that's their only track I had problems with. I couldn't care less wxith the rest of their stuff.

I'm still not sure if I could tell you which was which. I have no idea where either of them are from, what they look like or how old they are. I have no idea what Metheny plays, never heard his music nor much of Travers in fact, but I think Travers leans towards hard rock, doesn't he?

quite different, nothing to do with each other , except for the first name and being guitarits.

You living in Canada, you should at least be aware that Travers is a Canuck (from Ottawa), though he made a lot of his career in London and the US

Travers was 70's hard blues/rock. He would typically be on one of those 70's triple-bills of lower-tier bands that played small arenas, and would include Foghat, Mahogany Rush, UFO, Ted Nugent, Rush, Starz, Aerosmith, etc. (i.e. Rush and Aerosmith in their early days, before mega-popularity).

In Canada, he would headline some bills at Massey Hall-type of concert venue

Travers was ok... he wrote some good songs and his band was great- Nicko McBrain and Tommy Aldredge on drums, the fantastic Mars Cowling, even Pat Thrall for a time. It was unfortunate that of course his biggest hits were terrible songs- Snortin' Whiskey and Boom Boom Out Go The Lights.

Boom Boom , terrible?? You'd say I La-la-la-love You (from Radio-Active), I'd agree, but Out Goes the Light is a barn burner, especially the live versions

Naaah, while Travers never made the excellent studio album one could've expected from him (Makin Magic was as close as he came to), all his albums up to Black Pearl are good to very good

His best album is the live Go For What You Know... not a single weak moment.

[Dave (in MA)]

For years, all I knew from the band America was Horse With No [Name], and I spent years looking for that track on Neil Young albums.

When Neil Young's father heard that on the radio, he thought it was his son's work.

[PeterG]

I do not live in Canada, What gave you that idea?

[Trane]

dunno, really... In my mind, you were living in Alberta or sumthin'... I know you're Brit or Irish of birth, but I thought you lived in North Am




Anyway, Pat Travers lived and recorded in London for much of the late 70's (that's why his backing band was mostly Brit back then: Cowling, McBrain). When he started moving back towards North Am (around Heat In The Streets time) his band included two Unitedstatians: Tommy Aldridge and Pat Thrall

[Scrotum Scissor]

Gary Duncan and Dave Freiberg in QMS sported nearly identical voices (although the latter had more control of his).

Mick Abrahams actually had a voice with Blodwyn Pig that could sound uncannily like SOME of Ian Anderson's in early Tull.

Neal Morse sounds like a mixture of Bryan Adams, Jon Bongiovi and Richard Marx, and is just as interesting as those.

In her later years, Johnny Cash's wife's voice reminded somewhat of how one could have imagined the singing voice of that gorgeous ol' grandma popping out of the bathtub in Kubrick's The Shining. Come to think of it, there's a little Morse in her as well.