X Meets Y/Music

Poetry meets instruments:


 * Angels and Airwaves was (by Tom Delonge's own admission) envisioned as a combination of U2 and Pink Floyd. They combine U2's soaring, arena-rock sound with Pink Floyd's lush soundscapes and outer-space motifs.
 * God Is An Astronaut's early music was post-rock meets techno/downtempo. Their newer stuff is closer to straight-up post-rock but still with an electronic influence.
 * In the documentary film Punk: Attitude, Darryl Jenifer of the Bad Brains describes his band as a combination of the Ramones, Sex Pistols, and Dead Boys.
 * Radiohead is essentially The Pixies meets REM meets Aphex Twin plus Pink Floyd.
 * The band Zipthunk! was described in a review as "Like The Monkees getting fucked by The Pixies while Elvis Costello films the whole thing."
 * Hawkwind are basically "Pink Floyd meets MC5".
 * 3 Inches of Blood are something akin to Judas Priest meets Hammerfall with harsh vocals.
 * Or Slayer meets Iron Maiden.
 * Rings Of Saturn is Arsonists Get All The Girls meets Viraemia... IN SPACE!!
 * The psychobilly genre is basically 1950s rockabilly meets a Zombie Apocalypse.
 * Bone Thugs-n-Harmony was described by one reviewer as NWA meets John Moschitta, Jr., meets Boyz II Men.
 * Battles could be described as "Radiohead meet Frank Zappa."
 * Rap act Dead Prez was considered a amalgamation of NWA and Public Enemy.
 * Demons And Wizards is literally Iced Earth meets Blind Guardian.
 * Iron Maiden is 70's progressive rock (Kansas, Rush, Jethro Tull ect.) meets Judas Priest.
 * Much more Thin Lizzy than Judas Priest, though.
 * Early Metallica was essentially Diamond Head meets Discharge.
 * In Flames began essentially as Ceremonial Oath with a dash of Iron Maiden.
 * Scar Symmetry can be described as Dismember meets Stratovarius.
 * Threat Signal is the child of Fear Factory, Killswitch Engage and Meshuggah.
 * Dio is more or less Black Sabbath meets Rainbow.
 * Symphony X is what you would get with Dream Theater playing power metal.
 * Lady Gaga could be described as "Fergie and Gwen Stefani had a baby".
 * Isn't that inbreeding?
 * No, she's Gwen meets Madonna.
 * I'll see your Gwen and Madonna and raise you Marilyn Manson.
 * Lady Gaga is Madonna meets Shazza (or any other kitschy starlet popular in your country) meets True Art Is Incomprehensible meets Electropop.
 * Lady Gaga is Emilie Autumn meets Madonna meets Marilyn Manson.
 * Another description is Adam Lambert meets Marilyn Manson.
 * Lady Sovereign could be described as "Miley Cyrus and Eminem had a baby, with anti-aging drugs."
 * She could also be considered as an English Distaff Counterpart to Eminem.
 * Another description could be an unholy merger of Ke$ha and Eminem. In a good way.
 * Mother's Finest was described by some fans as Led Zeppelin meets Ike and Tina.
 * Maxwell is often described as Marvin Gaye meets Sade
 * The German EBM group And One sounds like a cross between Depeche Mode and Kraftwerk.
 * Nightwish's "Meadows Of Heaven" song is like Gospel music + choir vocals (especially towards the end) mixed with Epic Rocking.
 * The band itself is Opera meets Power Metal.
 * Nirvana has been self-described as The Knack and the Bay City Rollers being molested by Black Flag and Black Sabbath.
 * The solo album by Dan Swano of Edge of Sanity was self described as "Rush playing Death Metal in the 70s."
 * Finntroll is traditional Norwegian black metal meets polka music. From Finland. Really.
 * Dismember is Autopsy meets Iron Maiden.
 * Video on Trial once described Adam Lambert as "what would happen if Madonna grew a penis and had sex with Lady Gaga."
 * The Birthday Massacre is 80's Synth pop meets Nine Inch Nails.
 * Iwrestledabearonce is The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza meets Mr. Bungle.
 * Turisas have been described as "the bastard offspring of The Levellers and Manowar".
 * Folk punk bands are inevitably described as "The Pogues meets [whatever punk band seems most appropriate]". Given that The Pogues are the Ur Example of the genre, this can seem a little redundant.
 * In Benjamin Britten's War Requiem, the Requiem Mass meets the poems of Wilfred Owen.
 * Fishbone is Living Colour meets The Mighty Mighty Bosstones and a case of Red Bull.
 * Rich Girl is when Beyoncé and Kelly Rowland decide to call up Jennifer Lopez and Nicole Scherzinger from the Pussycat Dolls to form a super group.
 * Rock and Roll can be described as Blues meets Country Music.
 * Disco polo is Italo Disco meets traditional Polish drinking songs.
 * Kraftwerk = The Beatles + Jean Michel Jarre
 * Porcupine Tree is Pink Floyd meets Rush meets Metallica.
 * Deep Purple - Pink Floyd meets ACDC
 * Odd example, considering by how much Deep Purple predates ACDC.
 * Muse is Queen meets Science Fiction: particularly Orwell
 * Or rock meets electronic.
 * They Might Be Giants are "Weird Al" Yankovic meets Mind Screw meets Word Salad Lyrics meets Crazy Awesome !
 * The New Wave of Heavy Metal was punk energy with Heavy Metal musicianship.
 * Brave Combo were so named when people told them how brave they were to play Jimi Hendrix tunes as polkas.
 * Black Sabbath are Blue Cheer meets The Who Live at Leeds.
 * And later, Motorhead are Blue Cheer meets a fistful of amphetamines.
 * Panic! at the Disco could be described as Fall Out Boy meets The Killers or The Beatles, depending on the album.
 * Hollywood Undead is Rage Against the Machine meets Slipknot, under the influence of strong depressants.
 * This is essentially the entire point of 'mashups', where you take two songs and mesh them into one. The quality of these mashups, however, tends to vary.
 * Drake is Lil Wayne meets Kanye West (in fact Lil Wayne was the one who gave him a record deal).
 * The Toyes are Bob Marley meets the Barenaked Ladies.
 * A Billboard review of Miguel ("All I Want Is You") describes him as Babyface meets R. Kelly.
 * Tourniquet is Slayer + Petra with a dash of Rush
 * Chevelle is Tool plus Nirvana with a dash of Radiohead
 * Tyler the Creator is early Eminem meets Lil Wayne meets MF DOOM meets Anal Cunt.
 * Sikth is The Dillinger Escape Plan meets Korn
 * Wolfmother is ACDC meets Black Sabbath meets Led Zeppelin
 * Skindred is System of a Down + Reggae - middle eastern elements.
 * Of Mice and Men are Attack Attack! minus electronic music.
 * Beatallica is, well The Beatles meets Metallica.
 * King Crimson are Pink Floyd plus The Beatles meets Metallica.
 * On the other hand, Tool are King Crimson meets Nine Inch Nails.
 * Pogo is Todd Edwards meets either Nujabes or Owl City.
 * Dream Theater is Yes meets Metallica.
 * Jennifer Lopez is Janet Jackson meets Paula Abdul.
 * Beyoncé is Janet Jackson meets Whitney Houston meets Tina Turner.
 * Nickelodeon's band The Squish is BTS meets Mindless Behavior meets Alvin and The Chipmunks.