Pairs of names of bands or solo artists you tend to mix up

[HaphAsSard]

...for little or no apparent cause.
Ever tried to remember "Roxy Music" and somehow "Style Council" keeps coming up? "A Flock of Seagulls" for "It's a Beautiful Day"? "UZEB" and "Fugazi"? Well, I have. OK, not the last one, it was just a made-up example for padding reasons... Post your own best brainfarts if you have 'em!


(In the meanwhile, some random wisecracking from a past version of Head East's Wikipedia entry, that made me chuckle: gotta love WP vandals sometimes!

“In a street brawl with the band's arch rivals Go West, Head East drummer Steve Huston stabbed and killed Go West member Richard Drummie. Following the brawl a truce was called between the two bands, and a collaboration album was planned. This ablum was never released however, as the ghost of Richard Drummie haunted the studio during recording sessions and the audio equipment only picked up static.” )

 

[Killed_by_Death]

I stick to bands with single names.
with an exception for Black Sabbath

 

[lz4005]

I once argued for 30 minutes with my girlfriend and it turned out I had been talking about Bob Seger and she had been talking about Pete Seeger the whole time and we actually agreed with each other about both of them.

 

[Bob_Ross]

Um...

When I was ~12 years old I kept confusing Leon Russell, Elton John, and Jethro Tull. No idea why.

 

[Killed_by_Death]

The two I always mix up is L.L. Cool J. & the guy who did Funky Cold Medina.

 

[Bob_Ross]

When I was in my 20s I had two friends/musicians that I worked with, guitarist Richard Stevens and drummer Steven Richards.

Always wanted to put the two of them in the same band!

And then add Steve Stevens. And Richie Rich

 

[GregC]

Canned Heat and Hot Tuna. They should have combined to form Canned Tuna.

 

[Joe Nerve]

Papa Roach and Linkin Park.

 

[bound'n'blocked]

Not quite the question but...

I do occasional sports play by play for the radio station I work at. Last year, while doing the regional basketball tournament, the point guard's name in a game was Gage Hughes. I had been listening to a lot of Deep Purple at that time, and I called the guy Glen Hughes every time I had to say his name. Embarrassing. I'm sure those listening were thinking "Who the Hell is Glen Hughes?"

BnB

 

[Killed_by_Death]

The Fixx & The Replacements
not even sure why

 

[HaphAsSard]

The Fixx & The Replacements
not even sure why

That's what I'm talking about!
(I tend to mix up the Replacements and the Residents, but that's way less of a head-scratcher.)

 

[Lobster11]

Black Crowes and Counting Crows. I can't be the only one.

 

[Crater]

Imagine my confusion in the late 90's when some younger-than-me friends were talking about "Becks" new CD...

OH, the "I'm a loser baby, so why don't you kill me" hipster white rap guy, not JEFF BECK. As a side note, he goes by "Beck" (his first name) because his last name is Hanson.

 

[Groove Doctor]

James Taylor and James Taylor Quartet.

 

[Groove Doctor]

Carol King and Carol Kaye... I thought they were abbreviating it to Carol K.