# Singers that Sound Just Alike **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 19, 2002, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-that-sound-just-alike/137477 "2002-11-19T05:59:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![syncrolecyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f08c70/32.png) [@syncrolecyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/syncrolecyne)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2002, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-that-sound-just-alike/137477/1 "2002-11-19T05:59:51Z")
I remember when Stone Temple Pilots first came out, I was certain the singer was doing his best to be Eddie Vedder. Also on the oldies stations they play a song by some band (the Knickerbockers?) called “Lies” and claim that when it was released, people believed it was a new Beatles song. It does sound a lot like John Lennon singing. Any other examples of singers or bands sounding so much alike it borders on mimicry? ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2002, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-that-sound-just-alike/137477/2 "2002-11-19T06:03:23Z")
**Rod Stewart** and **Melissa Etheridge** and **Bonnie Tyler** **Tom Petty** and **Bob Dylan** **George Harrison** and **Jeff Lynne** ---
**Author:** ![orr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e47c2d/32.png) [@orr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orr)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2002, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-that-sound-just-alike/137477/3 "2002-11-19T06:20:05Z")
Any number of lead singers and Eddie Vedder. It seems that doing an Eddie Vedder affectation became the standard for a while there. Way back when, when I first heard STP, I thought that the lead singer was doing a Vedder impression. It wasn’t until later that I realized how different it was, comparitively. Bands like Creed and Stained come to mind immediately, but just from flicking past stations on the radio, I know there are a lot more. ---
**Author:** ![Cubsfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2002, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-that-sound-just-alike/137477/4 "2002-11-19T06:31:16Z")
I am gonna expand it a tad by naming 2 bands that sound the same. Static-X and Ministry. Its kinda funny. Static-X does Ministry better than Ministry can do Ministry nowadays. Although old ministry is better than any of the Static-X stuff. Singers: Scott Stapp and Eddie Vedder. I know its already been said, but they sound just alike. And that dude from the Vines, or White Stripes, or whatever, sounds and acts just like Mick Jagger. ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2002, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-that-sound-just-alike/137477/5 "2002-11-19T06:35:36Z")
Dennis DeYoung (Styx) and Freddie Mercury (Queen). ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2002, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-that-sound-just-alike/137477/6 "2002-11-19T07:02:31Z")
Adam Duritz (Counting Crows) and Van Morrison. Early Van Morrison (when he was with Them) and Mick Jagger (Stones). ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2002, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-that-sound-just-alike/137477/7 "2002-11-19T09:16:15Z")
At times, **Janis Joplin** and **Steven Tyler**. ---
**Author:** ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2002, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-that-sound-just-alike/137477/8 "2002-11-19T09:24:42Z")
I thought Jon B and Babyface sounded very similar in their “Someone To Love” duet. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2002, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-that-sound-just-alike/137477/9 "2002-11-19T15:32:40Z")
I can think of several times when I heard a song on the radio and was sure the singer was somebody else. Sometimes, I didn’t figure out my mistake untilo months later. 1. I heard Bonnie Tyler’s “It’s a Heartache” dozens of times before I realized it wasn’t Rod Stewart. 2. When I first saw “Rocky III” at my local movie theater, I was sure that Journey was the band singing “Eye of the Tiger” (that guy in Survivor sounded just like Steve Perry). 3. Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits sounds a lot like Bob Dylan… or, rather, he sounds the way I WISH Dylan still sounded. 4. Mark Storace of Krokus sounded almost exactly like the late Bon Scott of AC/DC. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2002, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-that-sound-just-alike/137477/10 "2002-11-19T15:47:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Enola Straight \* > \*\*Dennis DeYoung (Styx) and Freddie Mercury (Queen). \*\* I think my eyeballs just burst. I don’t see that at all. But early 80s Noddy Holder (name that band!) and Freddie of the time sounded a lot alike. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2002, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-that-sound-just-alike/137477/11 "2002-11-19T16:44:59Z")
Matt Monroe and Frank Sinatra. Terry Stafford and Elvis. ---
**Author:** ![Mullinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mullinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mullinator)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2002, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-that-sound-just-alike/137477/12 "2002-11-19T19:37:39Z")
John Mayer and Dave Matthews ---
**Author:** ![xanadu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c4cdca/32.png) [@xanadu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xanadu)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2002, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-that-sound-just-alike/137477/13 "2002-11-19T21:14:37Z")
[About Styx and Queen] QUOTE]\*Originally posted by Jonathan Chance \* \*\*I think my eyeballs just burst. I don’t see that at all. \*\* [/QUOTE] if you compare “Mr. Roboto” to other Queen songs, then there is somewhat of a resemblance. But Styx ballads like “Lady” don’t really strike me as similar at all to Queen songs. ---
**Author:** ![Second\_Guest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/87869e/32.png) [@Second\_Guest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Second_Guest)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2002, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-that-sound-just-alike/137477/14 "2002-11-19T21:22:33Z")
Sometimes I’ve thought **Billy Joel** has sounded like **Elton John** (even before they went on tour together), only not quite as good. And there was a brief period in the 80’s when I swear I couldn’t tell **Paul Williams** and **Rosemary Clooney** apart. They even sort of _looked_ alike. Frightening. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2002, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-that-sound-just-alike/137477/15 "2002-11-19T21:22:45Z")
Faith Hill and Leann Rimes. ---
**Author:** ![WSLer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a6a055/32.png) [@WSLer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WSLer)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2002, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-that-sound-just-alike/137477/16 "2002-11-19T23:06:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jonathan Chance \* > \*\*I think my eyeballs just burst. I don’t see that at all. > > But early 80s Noddy Holder (name that band!) and Freddie of the time sounded a lot alike. \*\* That band would be **Slade** and their heyday was the mid-late 1970’s. They, not **Quiet Riot** wrote _Cum On Feel The Noize_ and _Mama We’re All Crazee Now_. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Frink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Mr.Frink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Frink)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2002, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-that-sound-just-alike/137477/17 "2002-11-20T00:07:16Z")
The lead singer of **America** , who sang _“Horse with No Name”_ sounds so much like **Neil Young** that I bet Young gets requests for that song to this day… ---
**Author:** ![Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laughing_Lagomorph)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2002, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-that-sound-just-alike/137477/18 "2002-11-20T00:10:31Z")
Olivia Newton John and John Travolta? ---
**Author:** ![Badandi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/73ab20/32.png) [@Badandi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Badandi)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2002, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-that-sound-just-alike/137477/19 "2002-11-20T02:12:06Z")
Mick Jagger and Howlin’ Pelle Almqvist of The Hives. ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2002, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-that-sound-just-alike/137477/20 "2002-11-20T02:39:35Z")
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