[gualbert]

I know 2 of the Scrawl , the indie american band and another one who are german and play some sort of grind-flamenco-easy-listening ( I'm not kidding )

[Inhuman]

There were two bands called 'Dinosaur'; ask King Buzzo about that though.


RAEIN. They were such a great emo band. But some local band named themselves Raein, and I saw it on the show listings and got excited, then found out it was a different band.

 

[ohfuchsia]

Originally Posted by atsonicpark

there is x and another band called x (japan).

there is an australian band called x as well, or was..
also, mogwai, and i'm pretty sure there's an electronic band called moguai (same pronunciation) they might be australian too, not sure.

[Dead-Air]

Slightly off topic, but I absolutely hate when people (the British press are the guiltiest) call Sonic Youth "the sonics" for short. Even though both bands are great and the latter influenced the former, it's like they don't even know the '60 garage gods existed!

I've actually run into this problem with my own group Dead Air Fresheners and people calling us DAF for short. There is a classic group called DAF and we don't wish to dis them by stealing their initials!

[CHOUT]

Cher & Cher UK
Always thought that one was funny.

The Coachmen

Free Beer

[Gulasch Noir]

Seemingly there are more bands that are called Necronomicon, besides the 70s German one.
http://www.last.fm/music/Necronomicon?setlang=en

[pbradley]

it appears there are also two Pylons and seven Polarises,,,

Polari

[GravitySlips]

i know there's at least two bands called Ruins, although probably lots more than two..

excellent Japanese band
some Australian metal band (i think)

also, Slipknot (lol)

there was a hardcore band called Slipknot, late 80s I think

[PAULYBEE2656]

the aussie band are called ruiner, no? ive heard of a band called the ruins, i bought a cd by mistake thinking it was some jap ruins album i hadnt come accross because the cover had an old aztec statue on it... it wasnt the same band, type of music , nationality or even continent! it suckes major balls.......

[GravitySlips]

I think you're right, they're probably called "the ruins".

there's a bunch of bands called "Ghost". again, the japanese one is the best in my eyes.

also, i know two bands called DNA...the no wave band, and also a trance group.

[Gulasch Noir]

also, more than one "The Jam" or "Jam" ... the other "The Jam"/"Jam" is a 60s garage rock band

[pokkeherrie]

The most hilarious one to me is Japanese Boris vs. Dutch Boris (winner of Pop Idols TV show). I even had to save king_buzzo once from accidentally going to the second one.

 

 

Originally Posted by o o o

and someone told me that the Spanish Mecano were awful (although I didn't not get the chance to verify this...)

Mecano from Spain had a hit some years ago with Hijo De La Luna, maybe you know it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3REPMDSCh4

[touch me i'm sick]

there are two pagoda bands

[atsonicpark]

wata is so hot. jesus.

anyway, there seems to be a lot of overlapping in death metal/gore grind/etc. lots of bands with VERY similiar names, such as "necrophagia" and "necrophagist"..

[pokkeherrie]

I've been told that there are two bands called Faust nowadays... although they're both different incarnations of what once was the same legendary band we all know.

In the same way there are now two different groups called Master Musicians of Jajouka, using different spelling. I think they're using "Jajouka" and "Joujouka", but don't pin me down on that.

[Tokolosh]

Originally Posted by pokkeherrie

The most hilarious one to me is Japanese Boris vs. Dutch Boris (winner of Pop Idols TV show). I even had to save king_buzzo once from accidentally going to the second one.

Ha! Good call. I'm sure that Kingo isn't the only one to have that happen to him.
Imagine it happening the other way around.

[Torn Curtain]

Originally Posted by pokkeherrie

The most hilarious one to me is Japanese Boris vs. Dutch Boris (winner of Pop Idols TV show). I even had to save king_buzzo once from accidentally going to the second one.

 

 

There's also a French Boris (doing disco or techno - I don't remember but anyway it's crap).

[Everyneurotic]

Originally Posted by LittlePuppetBoy

Wasn't there some California punk band called MIA too?

already made the observation, started in las vegas but moved to oc at some point.

Originally Posted by LittlePuppetBoy

There's a lot of REMs, and I think there's two bands called the Chameleons (the one from England are called the Chameleons UK in the US), two bands called the Monks

reminds me of suede, they go by "the london suede" in the u.s.

Originally Posted by Paulybee

the aussie band are called ruiner, no? ive heard of a band called the ruins, i bought a cd by mistake thinking it was some jap ruins album i hadnt come accross because the cover had an old aztec statue on it... it wasnt the same band, type of music , nationality or even continent! it suckes major balls.......

i know the australian metal band is called either ruins or the ruins.

Originally Posted by pokkeherrie

I've been told that there are two bands called Faust nowadays... although they're both different incarnations of what once was the same legendary band we all know...

kinda what happened to christian death, they have to clarify which recordings are with rozz williams and which aren't.

and your name kinda reminds me, besides the japanese, angelino and aussie x's, there's the ex who are phonetically alike.

Originally Posted by atsonicpark

anyway, there seems to be a lot of overlapping in death metal/gore grind/etc. lots of bands with VERY similiar names, such as "necrophagia" and "necrophagist"..

tell me about it, there's nuclear assault and nuclear death, there's a band called diabolic and another called diabolical; i'm even confused by immolation and incantation, i get them mixed up.

there's also a band from spain called tape and a dutch band (i think) called .tape

[strictlycommercial]

The Go Team and The Go! Team. Thought the oddly placed exclamation mark was just them being cute.

[Dead-Air]

Of course there's also the band Courtney Love, featuring Lois Maffeo and Pat Maley, that named themselves after the person in contempt of her brief stay in Olympia.