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[[folder:Songs]]
* Frank Zappa's "Inca Roads": ''Music/JeffWaynesMusicalVersionOfTheWarOfTheWorlds'' (particularly "The Eve of the War") meets ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheKingdomOfTheCrystalSkull''.
* Classical pianist Glenn Gould wrote that [[Music/TheBeatles " 'Strawberry Fields Forever']] suggests a chance encounter at a mountain wedding between [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudio_Monteverdi Claudio Monteverdi]] and a jug band."
* Music/{{Avantasia}}'s [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRmfjBDKCpE Wastelands]] is Music/{{My Chemical Romance}}'s [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRKJiM9Njr8 Welcome to the Black Parade]] meets Music/{{Helloween}}'s [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUzpf3mMsxA Keeper of the Seven Keys]]
* Music/{{Avantasia}}'s [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZGQ1LsdCUM Moonglow]] is Music/{{Nightwish}}'s [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdZn7k5rZLQ Amaranth]] meets Music/MikeOldfield 's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjCre83iPjE Moonlight Shadow]].
* Music/{{Queen}}'s "'39" is FolkMusic meets ScienceFiction (or according to WordOfGod, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Night_at_the_Opera_%28Queen_album%29#.22.2739.22 sci-fi meets skiffle?]]).
* Music/ElvisCostello's version of "(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace Love And Understanding" is Music/NickLowe's original meets Music/BruceSpringsteen's "Born to Run".
* The title track of Everdune's ''Legend of the Aces'' sounds like Music/MichaelJackson's ''Music/{{Thriller}}'' meets the ''Series/{{Airwolf}}'' theme.
* Ollie Wride:
** "Back To Life" is Music/SteveWinwood's "Higher Love" meets Music/TheWeeknd's "I Feel It Coming".
** "I'm A Believer" is Music/AFlockOfSeagulls' "I Ran" meets "Run With Us" from ''WesternAnimation/TheRaccoons''.
* Sash!'s "Get Ready", from ''Life's a Beach'', is Music/JenniferLopez's "Waiting For Tonight" meets PPK's "Resu-Rection". From the same album, "Back in My Life" is Music/CuttingCrew's "(I Just) Died in Your Arms" meets Alice Deejay's "Back in My Life".
* [[Music/{{Caramell}} Caramella Girls]]' "We Love to Party" is "Caramelldansen" meets "[[Music/{{Psy}} Gangnam Style]]".
* Siamese Youth's "Take On Me Too" is Music/AHa's "Take On Me" meets Music/TheWeeknd's "Blinding Lights".
** The Kyoto Connection's "Take On Me" is the a-ha song meets Michael Sembello's "Maniac".
* Gorky Park's "Bang" is Music/DefLeppard's "Pour Some Sugar on Me" meets Music/VanHalen's "Panama".
* Michael Oakley's "Left Behind" is Music/DenHarrow's "Future Brain" meets Music/NewOrder's "True Faith".
* Thunder Porpoise:
** "Until the End of Time" is Music/JeanMichelJarre's "Fourth Rendez-Vous" meets the ''Videogame/SpaceHarrier'' theme.
** "Never That Young" is Music/ThePolice's "Every Breath You Take" meets Lukas Graham's "Love Someone" meets Music/{{Coldplay}}'s "Viva La Vida".
** "Bit By Bit" is Music/DaftPunk's "Get Lucky" meets Music/LittleMix's "No More Sad Songs".
* Bestial Mouths' "[[https://youtu.be/0ygPBaSodHk Earth]]" video is Music/AphexTwin's "Come to Daddy" meets Music/LadyGaga's "Bad Romance".
* Siamese Youth's "So Far From Home" is Music/TheWanted's "Chasing The Sun" meets Music/TheWeeknd's "Save Your Tears".
* Jennifer Paige's "Crush" is a mash-up of "Like a Virgin" and a Pamprin commercial.
* DJ Janis's "Lovestruck" is Music/GeorgeMichael's "Careless Whisper" meets Kay Cee's "Escape".
** Kay Cee's "Escape" itself is 4 Voices' "Eternal Spirit" meets Ayla's self-titled song, hence the common [[MisattributedSong mislabeling]] "Ayla Part 3".
* Manfred Mann's Earth Band's version of "Blinded By the Light" is the original Bruce Springsteen version meets the Who's "Won't Get Fooled Again."
* Kelsea Ballerini's "I Miss Me More" is Tammy Wynette's "D-I-V-O-R-C-E" meets Taylor Swift's "Me" with the aesthetic filter of Madonna's "Material Girl."
* Mike Mareen:
** "Love Spy" is Lipps Inc.'s "Funky Town" meets Trans-X's "Living on Video".
** "Don't Talk To The Snake" is Music/{{ABC}}'s "The Look Of Love" meets Mareen's own "Here I Am".
** "Germany" is Music/{{Toto}}'s "Africa" meets Music/{{Falco}}'s "Rock Me Amadeus". Ironically, its parent album ''Let's Start Now'' has a song called "Africa", but it's completely different from the Toto song.
* Oakland Stroke's "Planet Whip" is The Dazz Band's "Let It Whip" meets Armand van Helden's "The Funk Phenomena" meets Music/DaftPunk's "Rollin' and Scratchin'".
* Ian Van Dahl's "Will I" is Cygnus X's "Superstring(Rank 1 Remix)" meets Alice Deejay's "Will I Ever".
* Sally Shapiro's "Christmas Escape" is It's A Beautiful Day's "White Bird" meets "Walking in the Air" from ''WesternAnimation/TheSnowman''.
* Music/{{September}}'s "Cry For You" is Bronski Beat's "Smalltown Boy" meets Chris Isaak's "Wicked Game".
** "All My Dreams by Kidburn & Roxi Drive is Music/PhilCollins' "Another Day in Paradise" meets Chris Isaak's "Wicked Game".
* Mythos 'n DJ Cosmo's "Somewhere Out There" is Ayla's "Liebe" meets Music/{{BT}}'s "Godspeed"(which itself is BT's "Flaming June" meets Music/TinaTurner's "When The Heartache Is Over").
* Nation of Language's "On Division St." is Music/NewOrder's "Bizarre Love Triangle" meets Music/{{U2}}'s "Where The Streets Have No Name".
* Music/MeghanTrainor's "No" is Music/{{Eminem}}'s "My Name Is" meets Music/DestinysChild's "Jumpin' Jumpin'".
* Void Vision:
** "The Source" is Music/{{Berlin}}'s "The Metro" meets the Stage 1 BGM from ''VideoGame/JourneyToSilius''.
** "Queen of Hearts" is Music/{{Bjork}}'s "Come To Me" meets The Frozen Autumn's "Again".
* The title track of Music/ElectricLightOrchestra's "Eldorado" is Music/TheBeatles' "A Day in the Life" meets Music/TheMoodyBlues' "Nights In White Satin."
** Music/JohnLennon praised [=ELO=]'s "Showdown," describing it as a mix of "I Heard It Through the Grapevine," Lou Christie's "Lightning Strikes" and "I Am the Walrus."
* Music/CrystalSierra's "Playa No More" is Music/BigPun's "Still Not A Player" meets Music/{{TLC}}'s "No Scrubs".
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[[folder:Albums]]
* Music/TheBeatles' ''Music/SgtPeppersLonelyHeartsClubBand'' is ''Music/PetSounds'' meets ''Music/FreakOut''
* Music/FrankZappa's ''Music/ThingFish'': ''WesternAnimation/{{Coonskin}}'' meets ''Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow'' meets ''Film/{{Eraserhead}}''.
* Elvenking's ''The Scythe'' is ''Music/TheBlackParade'' meets ''[[{{Music/RhapsodyofFire}} The Emerald Sword Saga.]]''
* Music/FleetwoodMac's ''{{Music/Rumours}}'' is ''Music/AbbeyRoad'' meets ''{{Music/Tapestry}}''.
* Music/IggyPop described his debut album ''Music/TheIdiot'' as ''Music/JamesBrown'' meets ''Music/{{Kraftwerk}}''.
* Music/{{Love}}'s ''Music/ForeverChanges'' is ''Music/PetSounds'' meets ''Music/TheVelvetUndergroundAndNico''.
* Music/{{Queen}}'s ''Music/HotSpace'' onwards is Music/{{Queen}} meets Music/MichaelJackson.
** Their soundtrack for ''Film/{{Flash Gordon|1980}}'' is Music/{{Queen}} meets ''Franchise/StarWars''.
* Music/{{Radiohead}}'s ''Music/OKComputer'' is ''Music/PetSounds'' meets Music/BillyIdol's ''Cyberpunk''.
* Music/JoniMitchell's ''Music/{{Hejira}}'' is ''Music/BlueJoniMitchellAlbum'' meets ''Court and Spark''.
* Music/ElvisCostello's ''Music/ImperialBedroom'' is Music/BobDylan's ''Music/BloodOnTheTracks'' meets Music/DavidBowie's Berlin Trilogy meets Music/SteelyDan's ''Music/{{Aja}}''.
* Music/{{Weezer}}'s [[Music/WeezerTheBlueAlbum Blue Album]] is ''Music/{{Nevermind}}'' meets ''Music/SummerDaysAndSummerNights'' (with a little bit of ''Music/PetSounds'' as a lyrical, rather than musical, influence as well).
* OGRE & Dallas Campbell's collaborative ConceptAlbum ''All Hallows'' is ''Film/Halloween1978'' meets ''Film/EscapeFromNewYork''.
* Lena Raine's artistic debut album ''Oneknowing'' is Music/CocteauTwins meets Music/HatsuneMiku, with hints of the ''Franchise/SilentHill'' soundtracks.
* Music/DefLeppard's ''Hysteria'' was conceived by producer [[Creator/RobertJohnMuttLange Mutt Lange]] as a hard rock ''Music/{{Thriller}}''.
* Music/SixxAM's ''The Heroin Diaries Soundtrack'' is ''[[Music/MotleyCrue Dr. Feelgood]]'' meets ''Music/MasterOfPuppets''.
* Music/{{Supertramp}}'s ''Breakfast in America'' is Music/TheBeatles' ''Abbey Road'' meets Music/SteelyDan's ''Katy Lied.''
* Music/ElectricLightOrchestra's ''A New World Record'' is ''[[Music/TheBeatles Revolver]]'' meets ''[[Music/{{Queen}} A Night at the Opera]]''.
** Their album ''Eldorado'' was ''[[Music/TheBeatles Sgt. Pepper]]'' meets ''[[Music/TheMoodyBlues Days of Future Passed]]''.
* Music/{{Ferry}}'s Vocaloid series ''Music/PartiesAreForLosers'' is ''Music/KagerouProject'' meets ''Literature/RoadsidePicnic'' meets ''Manga/{{Akira}}''.
* Betamaxx's ''Sarajevo'' is the 1984 Winter Olympics soundtracked InTheStyleOf Music/JeanMichelJarre.
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* XMeetsY/MusicArtists

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[[folder:Genres]]
* {{Rock}} began with RockAndRoll, which was CountryMusic meets RAndB meets the {{Blues}}.
* ItaloDisco is {{Disco}} meets 80s SynthPop in a Milan dance club.
** Italo house is ItaloDisco meets "diva" {{Disco}}[[note]]specifically Loleatta Holloway and some of Donna Summer's songs[[/note]] meets old-school HipHop.
* NewWaveMusic is ProgressiveRock meets PostPunk meets {{Disco}} meets PowerPop.
* BaroquePop is RockAndRoll meets BaroqueMusic
* HipHop is [[SpokenWordInMusic Spoken Word]] meets {{Funk}} meets [[SampledUp Sampling]].
** BattleRapping is HipHop meets [[TheRoast Comedy Roasts]].
** AlternativeHipHop is HipHop meets AlternativeRock.
** GangstaRap is HipHop meets tales of organized crime.
** {{Horrorcore}} is GangstaRap meets {{Creepypasta}}.
** {{Crunk}} is MiamiBass meets DirtyRap.
** TrapMusic is GangstaRap meets 2000s snap and crunk.
** G-Funk is GangstaRap meets 70s {{Disco}}, {{Soul}} and {{Funk}}.
* DreamPop is PsychedelicRock meets JanglePop.
* {{Dubstep}} is {{Techno}} meets Big Beat meets HarshNoise.
* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disco_polo Disco polo]] is ItaloDisco meets traditional Polish drinking songs.
* {{Grindcore}} is best described as HardcorePunk, ThrashMetal, DeathMetal, and NoiseRock having a head-on collision with each other while PostPunk and {{Industrial}} watch from the sidelines and take photographs.
* Acid Rock is GarageRock meets PsychedelicRock.
* {{Trance}} is ElectronicMusic made with the song structure and grandeur of ClassicalMusic.
** Or ElectronicMusic meets ProgressiveRock.
* Latin freestyle is ItaloDisco meets SynthPop at a Hispanic block party.
* {{Disco}} is {{Soul}} meets {{Funk}} meets PsychedelicRock meets early ElectronicMusic meets Latin rhythms.
* Folk punk bands are inevitably described as "Music/ThePogues meets [whatever punk band seems most appropriate]". Given that The Pogues are the UrExample of the genre, this can seem a little redundant.
* {{Funk}} is {{Soul}} meets African Rhythms.
* {{Soul}} is GospelMusic meets RAndB.
* HeavyMetal originally was BluesRock meets PsychedelicRock.
** ThrashMetal is HeavyMetal meets HardcorePunk.
** DeathMetal is ThrashMetal meets BlackMetal.
** BlackMetal is ThrashMetal meets NewWaveOfBritishHeavyMetal.
** HairMetal is HeavyMetal meets PowerPop meets GlamRock with ArenaRock energy.
** RapMetal is HeavyMetal meets RapRock.
** NuMetal is GrooveMetal meets HipHop.
** CrossoverThrash is ThrashMetal meets HardcorePunk. Even the name mentions the combination of genres.
** PowerMetal is SpeedMetal meets ArenaRock meets ProgressiveRock.
** SymphonicMetal is PowerMetal meets ClassicalMusic meets GothicMetal.
** FunkMetal is HeavyMetal meets FunkRock (or, take a R&B/funk band and replace the horn section with stereotypical HairMetal guitarists)
** MelodicDeathMetal is DeathMetal meets PowerMetal
** {{Metalcore}} is HardcorePunk meets ThrashMetal and GrooveMetal, Melodic Metalcore is Metalcore meets MelodicDeathMetal, {{Deathcore}} is Metalcore meets DeathMetal and {{Grindcore}}, and Mathcore is Metalcore meets ProgressiveMetal and NoiseRock.
** NewWaveOfBritishHeavyMetal (or [=NWOBHM=]) was [[PunkRock punk]] energy with HeavyMetal musicianship.
** In turn, HardcorePunk is [=NWOBHM=] meets PunkRock, and MelodicDeathMetal is [=NWOBHM=] meets DeathMetal.
** {{Djent}} is {{Metalcore}} meets {{Jazz}}
* The psychobilly genre is basically 1950s rockabilly meets a ZombieApocalypse.
** Alternatively, 50s RockNRoll meets 70s PunkRock.
* This is essentially the entire point of 'mash-ups', where you take two songs and mesh them into one. The quality of these mash-ups, however, tends to vary.
* {{Vaporwave}} is 80s/90s muzak or Adult Contemporary music meets Chop And Screw, {{ambient}}, TrapMusic, and even the ''VideoGame/{{Earthbound}}'' OST. Or all of that meets {{cyberpunk}}.
** Future Funk is [[HouseMusic Disco/French/Filter House]] or occasionally InstrumentalHipHop meets Vaporwave imagery. Basically, think ''Music/{{Discovery}}''-era Music/DaftPunk listening to [[JapanesePopMusic J-Pop]] while on a shopping spree in [[TheEighties 1980s]] Shibuya.
* Liquid funk is [[DrumAndBass Drum 'n' Bass]] meets {{Jazz}}.
* ElectroHouse is HouseMusic meets {{Techno}}.
* Harder {{Dubstep}} (sometimes called "Brostep") is ElectronicMusic mixed with the hardness and atmosphere of Rock and Metal music.
* Grime is GangstaRap meets [[ElectronicMusic UK garage, chiptune and jungle]], with some {{reggae}} on the side.
* ProgressiveRock is RockAndRoll meets ClassicalMusic. And {{Jazz}}. And FolkMusic.
* PostPunk is PunkRock meets {{Krautrock}}.
* GothRock is PostPunk meets DarkerAndEdgier.
* Americana is CountryMusic meets FolkMusic.
* {{Reggae}} is {{Ska}} meets {{Funk}}.
** Dancehall is Reggae meets HipHop.
* SynthPop is NewWave meets ElectronicMusic
* DarkWave is SynthPop meets GothRock.
* UsefulNotes/{{Synthwave}} is SynthPop or NewWaveMusic meets {{Cyberpunk}}.
** In turn, Darksynth is Synthwave meets [[{{Industrial}} EBM]].
* [[{{Europop}} Eurodance]] is Main/{{Disco}} meets Main/HouseMusic.
* {{Eurobeat}} is ItaloDisco meets [[HardcoreTechno Happy Hardcore]] meets JapanesePopMusic.
* Electro Funk is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin; Electro meets funk. Or alternatively, take a R&B/Funk band and replace the horn section with synthesizers.
* {{Grunge}} is JanglePop meets HeavyMetal.
* City Pop is {{Disco}} meets JapanesePopMusic. In turn, FutureFunk is City Pop meets {{Vaporwave}}.
* Any European PowerMetal or SymphonicMetal band that gains attention in the U.S. is inevitably described as "[whatever rock/metal band seems most appropriate] meets Music/{{Nightwish}}". This can seem a little redundant, as Nightwish are one of the [[UrExample Ur-Examples]] of the genre.
* Country and Irish is American CountryMusic meets traditional Irish folk music.
* Bro-Country is CountryMusic meets RapRock.
* PopPunk is a LighterAndSofter PunkRock meets PowerPop.
* FunkRock is {{Funk}} meets HardRock (or, take a R&B/funk band and replace the horn section with guitarists).
* SouthernRock is CountryMusic meets HardRock, with a dash each of GospelMusic and the {{Blues}} thrown in for good measure.
* Heartland Rock is best described as ArenaRock, the {{Blues}}, Americana, and SouthernRock having a head-on collision with each other while CountryMusic watches from the sidelines and take photographs.
* SkaPunk is {{Ska}} meets PopPunk.
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[[folder:Bands/Artists]]
* .CASTING answers the question "What would it sound like if ''Music/{{Donuts}}''-era Music/JDilla made {{vaporwave}}?"
* 100 Gecs is Dot Dot Curve and Farrah Abraham meets Music/{{Ween}} and Music/MrBungle.
* 38 Special is Music/{{Lynyrd Skynyrd}} meets Music/{{Foreigner}}.
* 7Chariot (formerly Clairity) sounds like Music/KateBush meets Music/MileyCyrus meets Music/{{Sia}}.
* Abiotic was Music/{{Necrophagist}} meets Music/{{Carnifex}}.
* Music/{{Aborted}} is old Music/{{Carcass}} meets new Music/{{Carcass}} meets Music/{{Suffocation}}.
* Music/{{Accept}} is Music/{{Motorhead}} meets Saxon.
* Music/AcidBath boils down to Music/BlackSabbath meets Music/AliceInChains meets a [[ThisisYourPremiseonDrugs heroin]] [[DarkerandEdgier overdose]].
* Music/AdamLambert is Music/GeorgeMichael meets Music/FreddieMercury. Alternatively, he's a male DistaffCounterpart to early career Music/LadyGaga.
* Adrenaline Mob is Hellyeah meets Music/SymphonyX.
* Adult is Music/SiouxsieAndTheBanshees meets Music/Front242.
* Music/{{Aerosmith}} is Music/TheRollingStones meets Music/LedZeppelin.
* Music/{{AFI}} is Music/TheMisfits meets Music/TheCure.
* Afterbirth is Mortal Decay meets Internal Bleeding meets Voivod meets Drive Like Jehu meets Nomeansno.
* Music/AgentSteel started off as Music/JudasPriest meets Music/{{Voivod}} until their breakup in 1987. From their 1999 reunion onward, they've become Music/{{Pantera}} meets Music/{{Voivod}}.
* Music/AKB48 is what happens when more or less 48 [[{{Joshikousei}} Japanese schoolgirls]] become {{Idol Singer}}s.
** In turn, Music/{{BABYMETAL}} is what happens when three {{Idol Singer}}s try to combine both J-Pop and HeavyMetal.
* Akercocke are Belphegor meets Music/PorcupineTree and Music/{{Nevermore}}.
* Music/{{Alabama}} is Music/LynyrdSkynyrd meets Music/TheOakRidgeBoys meets Music/{{Eagles}}.
* Music/{{Alcest}} is Music/{{Slowdive}} mixed with Music/{{Burzum}}.
* Alice Francis is Music/{{Beyonce}} meets Music/CaravanPalace.
* Music/AliceInChains is Music/{{Nirvana}} meets Music/TypeONegative.
** Alternatively , Alice in Chains is Music/BlackSabbath meets Music/{{Melvins}} with a dash of Music/{{Pantera}}
** [=MTV2=] VJ Ian Scott described them as Classic Rock meets Heavy Metal.
* All About Eve is Music/TheCure meets Music/TheDecemberists.
* Music/{{Alestorm}} is Music/RunningWild meets Music/DropkickMurphys.
** Alternatively, they're Music/RunningWild meets Music/{{Korpiklaani}}.
* Music/AltJ is Music/VelvetUnderground meets Music/{{Radiohead}} meets Music/{{Bjork}}.
* Alterbeast is Music/{{Necrophagist}} meets Music/TheBlackDahliaMurder meets Conducting from the Grave.
* Music/AlterBridge is Music/{{Creed}} meets Music/LedZeppelin, Music/{{Metallica}} and Music/{{Deftones}}.
* Amebix is Discharge meets Music/{{Venom}} meets Music/{{Motorhead}} with a dash of Music/KillingJoke.
* Music/{{Amaranthe}} is Music/BloodStainChild meets Music/AfterForever.
* Music/AmonAmarth is Music/{{Manowar}} meets Music/AtTheGates.
* Music/{{Amorphis}} is Music/{{Skyclad}} meets Music/{{Iron Maiden}} meets Music/PinkFloyd meets Music/LedZeppelin.
* Music/AnaalNathrakh is Music/{{Marduk}} meets Music/PigDestroyer meets Music/FearFactory.
* Music/AnalCunt is Music/NapalmDeath meets The Mentors.
* Later Music/{{Anathema}} is Music/StevenWilson meets '80s Music/MikeOldfield.
** Alternatively, Music/StevenWilson meets Music/{{Coldplay}}.
** Or Music/StevenWilson meets Music/{{U2}}.
** ''A Fine Day to Exit'' and ''A Natural Disaster'' were Music/{{Radiohead}} meets Music/{{Muse}}, with a dash of Music/PinkFloyd thrown in.
* Music/AnCafe is Music/{{Oasis}} meets Music/LArcEnCiel.
* Music/AndrewWK is Music/DavidLeeRoth meets the LifeOfTheParty.
* The German EBM group And One sounds like a cross between Music/DepecheMode and Music/{{Kraftwerk}}.
* Angels and Agony are Music/ClanOfXymox meets Music/VNVNation.
* Music/AngelsAndAirwaves was ([[WordOfGod by Tom Delonge's own admission]]) envisioned as a combination of Music/{{U2}} and Music/PinkFloyd. They combine U2's soaring, arena-rock sound with Pink Floyd's lush soundscapes and outer-space motifs.
* Music/{{Angra}} is Freedom Call meets Music/KateBush.
* Music/AnimalCollective is Music/TheBeachBoys (post-1964) meets Music/AphexTwin and [[WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs a whole lotta drug]].
* Early Music/{{Anthrax}} (1984-1990) is Agent Orange meets Music/{{Metallica}} [[FilkSong meets]] comic books and Creator/StephenKing novels with the image of 70's surf culture. John Bush era Music/{{Anthrax}} (1992-2004) is Music/PearlJam meets Music/{{Metallica}}. Current Music/{{Anthrax}} (2011-present) is old Music/{{Anthrax}} meets John Bush Music/{{Anthrax}} meets Music/{{Slayer}}.
* Music/AphexTwin is Music/NineInchNails meets Music/{{Merzbow}}.
* Archspire is Music/SpawnOfPossession meets Brain Drill with a vocalist inspired by Music/TechN9ne.
* Music/ArminVanBuuren is Music/JohannSebastianBach meets Music/JeanMichelJarre.
* Music/{{Asia}} is Music/{{Yes}} meets Music/ReoSpeedwagon.
* Assemblage 23 is Music/DepecheMode meets Music/VNVNation.
* Astral Doors is Music/{{Dio}} meets Music/{{Stratovarius}}.
* Music/{{Atheist}} is Music/{{Possessed}} meets Music/{{Watchtower}} meets Music/MahavishnuOrchestra meets War.
* Music/{{Audioslave}} is Music/RageAgainstTheMachine meets Music/{{Soundgarden}} (literally since it had Tom Morello and Music/ChrisCornell collaborating).
* Music/AuralVampire are DarkWave meets VisualKei.
* Music/{{AURORA}} is Music/{{Bjork}} meets Music/TheCranberries meets Music/{{Enya}}.
* Austra is Music/KateBush meets Music/TheKnife.
** Princess Century, Maya Postepski's SoloSideProject, is Music/GiorgioMoroder meets The Future Sound Of London.
* Music/{{Autopsy}} is early Music/{{Death}} meets early Trouble.
* Music/{{Avantasia}} is Music/{{Edguy}} meets Music/MeatLoaf meets Creator/AndrewLloydWebber
* Avatarium is Music/{{Pentagram}} meets Music/DeepPurple meets Music/{{Heart}}.
* Music/AxelRudiPell is Music/YngwieMalmsteen meets Music/{{Helloween}} meets Music/{{Crush40}}
* Music/{{AWOLNATION}} is Music/ArcticMonkeys meets Music/TheRollingStones meets Music/{{Moby}}.
* The plot of [[Music/{{Ayreon}} Ayreon's]] album ''The Human Equation'' is ''Music/TheWall'' meets ''WesternAnimation/InsideOut''.
* Music/{{Ayria}}'s first two albums were Music/DecodedFeedback meets Music/EmilieAutumn. Later, she veered towards Music/LadyGaga meets Music/EmilieAutumn.
* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babe_Ruth_(band) Babe Ruth]] (the British ProgressiveRock[=/=]HeavyMetal band from TheSeventies) was Music/JeffersonAirplane meets Music/LedZeppelin on the set of a SpaghettiWestern.
* The Music/BackstreetBoys are Music/NewKidsOnTheBlock meets Music/BoyzIIMen.
* In the documentary film ''Punk: Attitude'', Darryl Jenifer of the Music/BadBrains describes his band as a combination of Music/TheRamones, Music/SexPistols, and Dead Boys.
* Kelsea Ballerini is Tammy Wynette meets Music/{{Madonna}}.
* Music/TheBand was Music/TheGratefulDead meets Three Dog Night.
** Music/TheBeatles meets [[Music/CurtisMayfield The Impressions]] meets their old boss Music/BobDylan also works.
* Early Music/{{Bathory}} was Hellhammer meets Discharge, while later Bathory was early Bathory meets Music/{{Manowar}} meets FolkMusic.
* Battles could be described as "Music/{{Radiohead}} meet Music/FrankZappa."
* Music/BattleBeast is Music/JudasPriest meets Music/{{Roxette}}.
* Music/BearGhost is Music/OingoBoingo meets Music/SystemOfADown.
* Music/{{Beartooth}} is Music/ADayToRemember meets Music/OfMiceAndMen meets Music/{{Descendents}}.
* Beatallica is, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin well]], Music/TheBeatles meets Music/{{Metallica}}.
* Music/TheBeatles started out as Music/LittleRichard meets Music/TheBeachBoys (though it should be noted that the latter formed after The Beatles did). Later, they became Music/TheBeachBoys meets Music/FrankZappa.
** Alternately, early Beatles can be described as Music/BuddyHolly meets Music/ChuckBerry, with vocal arrangements by Music/TheEverlyBrothers.
* Music/TheBeachBoys started out as Music/TheFourFreshmen meets Music/ChuckBerry in a [[UsefulNotes/{{California}} SoCal]] surf shop. Later became Music/TheFourFreshmen meets Music/TheBeatles in a [[Music/PhilSpector Wall of Sound]] recording studio.
* Music/{{Benighted}} is Music/{{Cryptopsy}} + Music/DyingFetus + Music/SuicideSilence. Their earliest material is more Goatwhore meets Bloodbath.
* Music/BetweenTheBuriedAndMe is Music/{{Opeth}} Meets Music/MikePatton and Music/{{Tool}} or Music/{{Converge}} Meets Music/{{Tool}} depending on the album.
* In Benjamin Britten's ''War Requiem'', the Requiem Mass meets the poems of Wilfred Owen.
* Bestial Mouths are Music/DeadCanDance meets Music/ProjectPitchfork.
* Big Data is Music/GaryNuman meets Music/LCDSoundsystem.
* Music/BillyIdol's style of music can be summed up as HardcorePunk meets ArenaRock.
* Music/BillyJoel:
** His earlier work is Music/JimCroce meets Music/EltonJohn meets local New York City/Long Island culture.
** His later work is Music/HarryChapin meets a ''massive'' DeadpanSnarker.
* Music/BillyTalent is Music/{{Alexisonfire}} meets Music/RiseAgainst meets Music/CoheedAndCambria.
* Music/TheBirthdayMassacre is 80's SynthPop meets Music/NineInchNails.
* Black Breath is Music/{{Dismember}} meets Integrity.
* Music/TheBlackDahliaMurder is what happens when Music/AtTheGates and Music/{{Hypocrisy}} meet Music/{{Suffocation}} and Music/HateEternal.
* Early Music/BlackFlag is Music/TheClash meets Music/TheStooges. Later on, they became Music/TheStooges meets Music/BlackSabbath.
* Music/BlackMidi are an interesting case in that their sound pulls from so many sources that they almost become a kind of Rorschach test where every listener has their own personal take on what set of influences encapsulates the band. A few different interpretations...
** Music/{{Motorhead}} meets Music/ScottWalker.
** The Butthole Surfers meets Music/{{Rush}}.
** Music/{{Slint}} meets Music/{{Hella}} meets Polvo.
** Music/KingGizzardAndTheLizardWizard meets Music/GodspeedYouBlackEmperor.
** Music/{{Fugazi}} meets Music/TalkingHeads meets Drive Like Jehu meets Duster.
** ''Discipline''-era Music/KingCrimson meets Music/SonicYouth meets This Heat.
** Music/LightningBolt meets Music/VanDerGraafGenerator.
** Music/TheMarsVolta meets Music/TalkTalk.
** Music/{{Primus}} meets Music/{{Can}}.
* Music/BlackSabbath are Blue Cheer meets ''The Who Live at Leeds''.
** And later, Music/{{Motorhead}} are Blue Cheer meets a fistful of amphetamines and a side dose of Music/SexPistols.
* Blackmore's Night is Music/SteeleyeSpan meets Music/{{Rainbow}} meets Music/DollyParton.
* Music/BlackVeilBrides are Music/MotleyCrue meets {{Goth}} subculture.
* Music/BloodStainChild is Music/{{Cascada}} meets Music/ChildrenOfBodom.
* Early Music/BlindGuardian is Music/{{Helloween}} meets Music/JudasPriest, later Blind Guardian is Music/GammaRay meets Music/{{Queen}} with a bit of Music/JethroTull.
* Music/BlocParty is Music/{{Blur}} meets Music/{{The Cure}}, and later, Music/{{Manic Street Preachers}} meets Music/DepecheMode.
* Blood Incantation is Timeghoul meets Stargazer meets Morpheus Descends.
* Music/{{Blur}} are Music/TheKinks meets Music/TheBeatles meets Music/TheJam meets Music/DavidBowie meets Music/{{XTC}}.
* Music/BlutAusNord is Music/{{Summoning}} meets Music/{{Godflesh}}, with ''Ultima Thulée'' and the ''Memoria Vetusta'' albums being Summoning meets Music/{{Dissection}}.
* A good way to sum up Music/BobDylan is Music/WoodyGuthrie meets Creator/JackKerouac meets Music/RobertJohnson meets Music/HankWilliams.
* Music/BoneThugsNHarmony was described by one reviewer as Music/{{NWA}} meets [[MotorMouth John Moschitta, Jr.]], meets Boyz II Men.
* Bonnie Pink could be called Music/UtadaHikaru meets Music/ColbieCaillat, with a pinch of Music/SteelyDan and Music/{{Adele}}.[[note]]Do note, however, that she predates all of these acts ''except'' Steely Dan.[[/note]]
* Bookakee was Music/CephalicCarnage meets Archspire meets Music/{{GWAR}}.
* Borgore is Music/{{Skrillex}} meets Music/TwoLiveCrew.
* Brand of Sacrifice is Music/{{Oceano}} meets Music/BeneathTheMassacre meets The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza meets Music/{{Slipknot}}.
* Brave Combo were so named when people told them how brave they were to play Music/JimiHendrix tunes as polkas.
* The Break-Up is The Fitness meets Music/SiouxsieAndTheBanshees.
* Creator/JonStewart, during the 2009 Kennedy Center Honors, said of Music/BruceSpringsteen; "I believe that Music/BobDylan and Music/JamesBrown had a baby."
** His debut album ''Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.'' was very blatantly "Music/VanMorrison meets Music/BobDylan in a Jersey Shore dive bar." Meanwhile, ''Music/BornToRun'' was described as "The words of Bob Dylan, sung by Roy Orbison, produced by Phil Spector."
** As for Springsteen's own acknowledged influences, he felt that "Music/ElvisPresley freed your body, while Music/BobDylan freed your mind", which helped shape his approach to music.
* Brocas Helm is Music/BlackSabbath meets Music/{{Manowar}}
* Music/{{BROCKHAMPTON}} is Music/OneDirection meets Music/{{OFWGKTA}} meets N.E.R.D.
* Music/{{Brokencyde}} is Music/DaftPunk meets Music/LilJon meets Music/BulletForMyValentine.
* Music/{{BTS}} is the Music/BackstreetBoys meet Music/PuffyAmiYumi.
* Music/TheByrds are Music/TheBeatles meets Music/BobDylan meets Pete Seeger.
* Music/{{Can}}: [[Music/GeorgeClinton Funkadelic]] meets post-[[Music/SydBarrett Barrett]], pre-''Dark Side'' Music/PinkFloyd, with Japanese [[Music/TheDoors Jim Morrison]] on lead vocals.
* Music/CageTheElephant is Music/TheWhiteStripes meets Music/ThePixies meets Music/DireStraits.
* Canadian hardcore band Cancer Bats are Music/{{Down}} meets Music/{{Hatebreed}}.
* Music/{{Candiria}} is Deadguy meets Music/MahavishnuOrchestra meets New York hip-hop.
* Music/{{Candlemass}} is Music/BlackSabbath meets {{Opera}}.
* Music/CannibalCorpse is Music/{{Slayer}} meets Music/{{Death}}.
** Chris Barnes-era Cannibal Corpse is Music/{{Autopsy}} meets Deicide.
* Music/CaravanPalace is just about every major swing artist of the 1930s meets Music/TheShamen.
* Music/{{Carcass}}'s grindcore albums are Music/NapalmDeath meets Music/MorbidAngel meets a medical handbook. Their melodic death metal albums are Music/IronMaiden meets Music/{{Death}}
* Music/{{Cardiacs}} are [[Music/FrankZappa The Mothers of Invention]] meets Music/GentleGiant meets Music/{{Madness}}.
* Music/VanessaCarlton is Music/AvrilLavigne meets Debbie Gibson.
* Music/TheCars are Music/TheRamones meets the Music/SteveMillerBand meets Music/{{Queen}}.
* [[http://www.carpoolparty.com/ Carpoolparty]] is essentially what would happen if Music/ThatPoppy decided to go into {{Vaporwave}}.
* Music/{{Celldweller}} is Music/LinkinPark meets Music/ThrobbingGristle.
* Music/CheapTrick is Music/TheCars meets Music/TheRamones meets Music/{{Journey}}.
* The Chain Gang of 1974 is Music/{{Tears for Fears}} meets Music/{{Coldplay}}.
* Chance the Rapper is Music/LilWayne meets Common.
* Cher Lloyd is Nicki Minaj (rapping) and Avril Lavigne (punk-rock image) incarnated.
* Chevelle is Music/{{Tool}} plus Music/{{Nirvana}} with a dash of Music/{{Radiohead}}.
* Music/ChildishGambino is Music/KidCudi meets Music/{{Drake}} with a dash of Music/KanyeWest and Andre 3000 for good measure.
* Music/ChildrenOfBodom is Music/DarkTranquillity meets Music/{{Stratovarius}}.
* Music/{{Chimaira}} can best be described as the child of Music/FearFactory, Music/KillswitchEngage, and Music/MorbidAngel.
* Music/{{Chrome}} are Music/{{Hawkwind}} meets Music/TheStooges.
* Chromeo is basically Zapp meets The System with a dusting of Music/DaftPunk.
* Music/{{CHVRCHES}} is Music/DepecheMode meets Music/CocteauTwins and Music/{{Prince}}.
* Music/CoheedAndCambria is Music/{{Yes}} meets Music/{{Blink 182}}.
* Music/{{Cimorelli}} is Music/TheJacksonFive (family of singers) meets the Music/{{Carpenters}} (siblings doing music) meets Music/FifthHarmony (2010s GirlGroup).
* Music/{{Clipping}} is Music/{{Dalek}} and Music/DigablePlanets meet Music/{{Merzbow}}.
* Color Theory is Music/AHa meets Music/OwlCity and/or Music/ThePostalService.
* Combichrist is best described as Music/{{Ministry}} and Music/KillingJoke meets Music/FearFactory.
* Music/CountingCrows is Music/TenThousandManiacs meets Music/VanMorrison.
* Fittingly for an Irish band, Music/TheCranberries often sounded like Music/{{Enya}} fronting Music/{{U2}}.
* Korean metal band Crash is Music/{{Metallica}} meets Music/LambOfGod meets Music/{{Korn}}.
* Music/{{Cream}} is Music/JimiHendrix meets Music/TheBeatles
* Music/{{Crowbar}} is Music/BlackSabbath meets later Music/BlackFlag meets Music/{{Pantera}}.
* Cryonic Temple is Music/GammaRay meets Music/{{Hammerfall}}.
* Music/Crush40 is Music/{{Scorpions}} meets Creator/RonWasserman meets whatever other band they want depending on the song (I.E. Music/NineInchNails in "I Am... All of Me").
* Music/{{Cryoshell}} is Music/{{Evanescence}} meets Music/{{Red}}. And their song "Creeping in my Soul" is basically [[Music/LinkinPark "In the End"]] meets [[Music/{{Evanescence}} "Bring Me to Life"]].
* Montreal TechnicalDeathMetal band Cryptopsy are Music/{{Suffocation}} meets Music/{{Morbid Angel}}.
* The Cult are Music/{{ACDC}} meets Music/TheDoors.
* Music/TheCure is Music/DavidBowie meets Music/TinHuey
* Music/{{Cynic}} is Music/{{Atheist}} meets Music/{{Voivod}}.
* Cytotoxin is Music/{{Benighted}} meets Beneath the Massacre meets ''VideoGame/{{STALKER}}''.
* Music/DaftPunk is Music/AphexTwin meets Music/GiorgioMoroder meets Music/{{Kraftwerk}}.
* Dan Bern is Music/BobDylan meets early Music/{{Beck}} in terms of songwriting.
* The solo album by Dan Swano of Edge of Sanity was self described as "Music/{{Rush}} playing DeathMetal in the 70s."
* Dance Hall Crashers is Music/BikiniKill meets Music/TheSpecials.
* Music/DanielAmos: Music/{{Devo}} meets ChristianRock.
* Music/{{Danzig}} is Music/TheMisfits meets Music/AliceCooper.
** Or Music/{{Black Sabbath}} meets Music/{{Elvis Presley}}
* The Darbies are Music/GretaVanFleet meets Music/{{Ratt}}.
* Music/TheDarkness is Music/{{Queen}} meets Music/DefLeppard with a bit of Music/CheapTrick.
* The middle period of the career of BlackMetal act Music/{{Darkthrone}} is essentially Music/CelticFrost meets Music/{{Burzum}}.
* Dark Moor is Music/RhapsodyOfFire meets Music/{{Nightwish}}
* Music/DarkTranquillity is Music/DreamTheater meets Music/{{Carcass}}.
** Their early material can be described as Music/{{Death}} meets Music/{{Kreator}}.
** Their recent musical output is DeathMetal meets Baroque pop.
** Another accurate description for their recent material can be considered Music/{{Death}} meets Music/{{Iron Maiden}} meets Music/{{Depeche Mode}}
* Music/DarylHallAndJohnOates are The Righteous Brothers meets Music/SteelyDan.
* Music/{{Daughters}}' early material is The Locust if they were fronted by [[Music/TheBirthdayParty Birthday Party-era]] Music/NickCave. ''You Won't Get What You Want'' adds some Music/KillingJoke and Music/NineInchNails into the mix.
* Music/DeadAstronauts are Music/TheSistersOfMercy meets Music/LanaDelRey.
* Music/DeadByApril is Music/BackstreetBoys meets modern In Flames.
* Music/DeadKennedys is Music/SexPistols meets Music/TheClash meets Music/TheDoors.
* Music/{{Deadlock}} is Music/LacunaCoil meets Music/{{Soilwork}} meets Music/{{Rammstein}} meets [[GrooveMetal djent]].
* Rap act Dead Prez was considered a amalgamation of Music/{{NWA}} and Music/PublicEnemy.
* Music/{{Deafheaven}} are Music/{{Alcest}} meets Music/GodspeedYouBlackEmperor.
* Early Music/{{Death}} was Music/{{Kreator}} meets Music/CelticFrost. Later Music/{{Death}} was early Death meets Music/{{Atheist}}.
* Music/DeathGrips are HardcoreHipHop meets {{Industrial}} meets CyberPunk meets HardcorePunk.
* Music/DeathspellOmega is Music/BlutAusNord meets Music/{{Gorguts}}.
* Music/TheDearHunter is Music/TheMarsVolta meets Music/PanicAtTheDisco meets Music/TheDecemberists.
* Music/DeepPurple - Music/PinkFloyd meets Music/{{ACDC}}.
** Odd example, considering by how much Music/DeepPurple predates Music/{{ACDC}}.
** They started off as Music/TheAnimals meets {{Music/Cream}}.
* Music/DefeatedSanity is Music/{{Disgorge}} meets Music/{{Atheist}} and Music/{{Watchtower}}.
* Music/{{Deftones}} is Music/{{Meshuggah}} meets Music/MyBloodyValentine and Hum.
* Music/{{Deicide}} is Music/{{Slayer}} meets Music/{{Sodom}} meets Music/{{Death}}.
* Delphic is Music/{{New Order}} meets Music/{{The Chemical Brothers}}.
* Demons And Wizards is literally Music/IcedEarth meets Music/BlindGuardian.
* Music/DemonHunter is Music/AsILayDying, Music/{{Skillet}}, and Music/{{Slipknot}} thrown in a blender.
* Music/DespisedIcon is Music/{{Devourment}} meets Music/{{Cryptopsy}} meets Music/{{Hatebreed}}.
* [[WesternAnimation/{{Metalocalypse}} Dethklok]] is Music/DarkTranquillity meets Music/CannibalCorpse meets [[Film/ThisIsSpinalTap Spinal Tap]].
* [=DevilDriver=] is Coal Chamber meets Music/AtTheGates and Music/LambOfGod.
** Alternatively, Music/FearFactory meets Music/TheBlackDahliaMurder and Music/{{Chimaira}}.
* Music/{{Devo}}:
** ''Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!'' and ''Duty Now for the Future'': Music/TheRamones meets Music/TheResidents.
** ''Freedom of Choice'': Music/TheCars meets Music/{{Sparks}}.
** ''New Traditionalists'' and ''Oh, No! It's Devo'': Music/{{Sparks}} meets 80s SynthPop.
** ''Shout'', ''Total Devo'', and ''Smooth Noodle Maps'': Devo meets ''Electric Café''-era Music/{{Kraftwerk}}.
** ''Something for Everybody'': Devo meets modern-day AlternativeRock.
* Music/DiabloSwingOrchestra is Music/TheAndrewsSisters meets Music/MrBungle and Music/{{Nightwish}}.
* Music/{{DIIV}} is Music/TheCure meets Music/MyBloodyValentine.
* Music/TheDillingerEscapePlan is Music/{{Converge}} meets Music/TheWho (RockersSmashGuitars) and early Music/XJapan (DramaticShattering, shock elements and [[SerialEscalation even more instrument abuse]]).
* Early Music/DimmuBorgir was Music/{{Bathory}} meets Music/{{Enslaved}}. Newer Dimmu Borgir can be described as Music/{{Emperor}} meets Music/{{Therion}} meets Music/MercyfulFate.
* Music/RonnieJamesDio is more or less Music/BlackSabbath meets Music/{{Rainbow}}.
** His voice might be described as [[{{Music/Queen}} Freddie Mercury]] meets [[{{Music/Family}} Roger Chapman]].
* Music/DirEnGrey is Music/FaithNoMore, Music/{{Converge}}, Music/CannibalCorpse, Music/SunnO, Music/{{Deftones}}, Music/{{Opeth}}, etc... meets VisualKei.
* Music/DireStraits is Music/{{Queen}} meets Music/SteelyDan
* Discharge is Music/{{Motorhead}} meets Music/TheClash.
* Disciple is Music/DefLeppard meets Music/RageAgainstTheMachine meets Music/{{Soundgarden}} [[ChristianRock meets]] UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}}.
* Disforia is Music/BlindGuardian meets Music/{{Rush}}.
* Music/{{Dismember}} is Music/{{Autopsy}} meets Music/IronMaiden.
* Music/{{Dissection}} is Music/{{Bathory}} meets Music/KingDiamond meets Music/{{Iron Maiden}} meets Music/{{Thin Lizzy}}.
* Music/DogPolice: Music/TheFugs meets Music/{{Devo}} meets Music/DeadKennedys.
* Music/DollyParton began her career as Loretta Lynn meets Creator/JayneMansfield, but that changed after people became aware of her HiddenDepths.
* Mike O'Donnell & Junior Campbell are Vince [=DiCola=] meets British children's television programmes.
* Music/DongBangShinKi is Music/{{Arashi}} meets KoreanPopMusic.
* Doomsquad is Music/DeadCanDance meets Music/{{Faunts}}.
* Music/{{DragonForce}} is Music/{{Stratovarius}} meets Music/{{Megadeth}} and Music/MeltBanana.
** Herman Li has said in an interview that he has seen people call them "Music/{{Journey}} meets Music/{{Slayer}}" and "Music/BonJovi on [[WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs speed]]".
* Music/{{Drake}} is Music/LilWayne meets Music/KanyeWest (in fact Lil Wayne was the one who gave him a record deal).
* Dreamtale is Music/{{Sonata Arctica}} meets Music/{{Savatage}}.
* Music/DreamTheater is Music/{{Yes}} (progressive) meets Music/{{Metallica}} (metal).
* Dripping was Music/{{Devourment}} meets Deadguy.
* Music/DschinghisKhan is kind of Music/{{ABBA}} (Europop) meets Music/VillagePeople (Weird outfits).
* Early Music/DuranDuran were Music/{{Japan}} [[JustForFun/{{Troperithmetic}} minus]] [[Music/RoxyMusic Bryan Ferry]].
* Music/DyingFetus is Music/{{Suffocation}} meets Music/NapalmDeath meets Music/YngwieMalmsteen meets Agnostic Front meets Music/{{NWA}}.
* Dynatron is Music/{{Kavinsky}} meets Music/JeanMichelJarre.
* Edge of Attack is Music/DominaNoctis meets Music/OzzyOsbourne.
* Music/{{Edguy}} is Music/{{Hammerfall}} meets Music/{{Bon Jovi}}.
* Music/ElectricLightOrchestra is Music/TheBeatles meets Main/ClassicalMusic.
* Music/ElectricWizard is Music/{{Sleep}} meets Music/{{Pentagram}}.
* Electric Youth is College meets Music/TheCorrs.
* Elvenking is Music/SonataArctica meets Music/MyChemicalRomance meets Music/{{Skyclad}}.
* Emeli Sande is the lovechild of Music/JohnLennon and Leona Lewis.
* Music/EmilieAutumn's music is Victorian-era ClassicalMusic meets {{industrial}}.
** Or Music/{{Abney Park}} meets Music/{{Kate Bush}}.
* Music/{{Enslaved}} is Music/{{Bathory}} meets Music/PinkFloyd.
* Music/EnterShikari is Music/MrBungle meets Music/TheProdigy meets Music/{{Rage Against the Machine}}.
* Music/{{Epica}} is Music/{{Kamelot}} meets Music/{{Nightwish}}, with the addition of death growls and classical elements.
* WebAnimation/YourFavoriteMartian was Music/{{Gorillaz}} meets Creator/MCChris.
* [[Music/EricCalderone Erock's]] ''Meets Metal'' series is specifically based on this, taking songs from different media and making metal covers of them.
* Especia is what you get when you mix [[JapanesePopMusic Japanese idol music]] with [[TheEighties '80s]] Japanese funk/R&B, and then throw in some {{vaporwave}} flavoring.
* Music/{{Evanescence}} is Music/LacunaCoil meets Music/{{Bjork}} meets Music/LinkinPark meets ElegantGothicLolita.
* Evereve is Music/{{Type O Negative}} meets Music/{{KMFDM}}.
* Music/{{Excision}} is Music/{{Merzbow}} meets Music/{{Skrillex}}.
* The Music/EvilliousChronicles can best be described as The Bible meets the latter half of Manga/TsubasaReservoirChronicle meets RuleOfScary meets Music/{{Vocaloid}}. With cute animals.
* Music/{{Eyehategod}} is Music/TheMelvins meets Music/BlackFlag meets Music/LynyrdSkynyrd.
* Music/{{Faces}} were literally Music/TheSmallFaces meets The Music/JeffBeck Group with the history of the band's personnel, but musically they were closer to Music/DeepPurple meets Music/TheRollingStones in a well-stocked English pub (an impression bolstered after their breakup when Ronnie Wood became the Stones' rhythm guitarist and Ian [=McLagan=] became their longtime keyboard sideman).
* Faderhead is Music/NineInchNails meets Combichrist.
* Faith Assembly is Music/DepecheMode meets Music/{{Enigma}}. The group's vocalists, Mark Stacy and Leigh Bailey, sound rather similar to David Gahan and Sandra Lauer, respectively.
* Music/FaithNoMore is simply Music/MikePatton meets [[Music/{{Primus}} a]] [[Music/{{Atheist}} whole]] [[Music/RageAgainstTheMachine list]] [[Music/{{Sepultura}} of]] [[Music/RedHotChiliPeppers rock]] [[Music/DreamTheater and]] [[Music/{{Metallica}} metal]] [[Music/AliceInChains bands]] from TheNineties.
* Music/FallOfEfrafa are Music/{{Agalloch}} meets Music/GodspeedYouBlackEmperor after reading ''Literature/WatershipDown'' and a whole bunch of Creator/RichardDawkins.
* Music/TheFallOfTroy is Music/AtTheDriveIn meets Music/TheMarsVolta (a strange example since the core of both bands was Cedrix Bixler Zavala and Omar Rodriguez-Lopez).
* Family Force 5 is Music/LimpBizkit meets Music/TwoLiveCrew meets Music/{{NSYNC}} [[ChristianRock meets]] UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}}.
* Music/{{Fallujah}} is Music/{{Obscura}} meets Music/{{Deftones}} meets S U R V I V E.
* Music/FearAndLoathingInLasVegas is [[WesternAnimation/{{Metalocalypse}} Dethklok]] meets every electronic music type and fed lots of drugs.
* Music/FearFactory is Music/{{Pantera}} meets Music/KillingJoke meets Music/{{Swans}}.
** Their early material can be described as Music/{{Napalm Death}} meets Music/{{Obituary}} with industrial overtones.
* Music/{{FEMM}} could best be described as Music/LadyGaga meets Music/DaftPunk meets Music/BritneySpears in her heyday.
* Music/{{Finntroll}} is traditional Norwegian black metal meets polka music. From Finland. Really.
** Or they're Music/{{Korpiklaani}} meets Music/{{Immortal}}.
* Fireflight is Music/{{Evanescence}} meets Music/{{Journey}} meets Sandi Patty.
* First Fragment is Music/SpawnOfPossession meets Music/{{Atheist}} meets Helstar.
* Music/FitForAnAutopsy is Music/{{Gojira}} meets Ion Dissonance.
* Five is [[Music/TakeThatBand Take That]] meets the Music/BackstreetBoys meets a PG-rated Music/TwoLiveCrew.
* Music/FiveIronFrenzy is Music/ReelBigFish [[ChristianRock meets]] Music/DanielAmos.
* Music/FiveStar is Music/TheJets meets ''Control'' era Music/JanetJackson.
* Music/FleetFoxes is Music/TheBeachBoys meets Music/WoodyGuthrie.
* Music/FleshgodApocalypse is Music/{{Origin}} meets Music/DimmuBorgir.
* Music/FlightOfTheConchords are ''Music/TenaciousD'' meets ''Music/SimonAndGarfunkel''.
* Music/FloggingMolly is Music/SocialDistortion meets Music/TheDubliners.
* Music/FlorenceAndTheMachine: Ginger Spice meets Siouxsie and the Banshees. (Ironic since Flo Welch's favourite Spice Girl was Posh.)
* Focus was Led Zeppelin meets Pink Floyd with a touch of Spike Jones added.
* Fontaines DC is Music/JoyDivision meets Music/ThePogues.
* Foxboro Hot Tubs is Music/GreenDay meets Music/TheKinks.
* Foxy Shazam, from their second album forward, have been Music/{{Queen}} meets Music/TheSmashingPumpkins. Lead singer Eric Nally's voice is best described as Music/FreddieMercury meets [[Music/{{Weezer}} Rivers Cuomo]].
* Fuck Buttons are Music/AphexTwin or Music/{{Autechre}} meets Music/SunnO.
* Music/{{Galneryus}} is Music/XJapan meets Music/{{Stratovarius}} meets Music/DragonForce.
* Music/GammaRay is Music/JagPanzer meets Music/IronMaiden with light cues from Music/{{Helloween}} and Music/JudasPriest.
* Music/GaryGlitter was Music/ElvisPresley meets Music/{{Liberace}} meets Music/DavidBowie.
* Music/TheGaslightAnthem is Music/BruceSpringsteen meets Music/TheClash.
* Music/TheGazette is Music/PitchShifter meets Music/{{Deftones}} meets VisualKei. Nowadays they've even added Music/{{Rammstein}}, Music/TypeONegative and early Music/DirEnGrey elements into their sound.
* Gazpacho are Music/{{aha}} meets Music/{{Radiohead}} meets Music/PorcupineTree.
* Music/GeorgeClinton is Music/JamesBrown meets Music/FrankZappa.
* [[Music/GhostBand Ghost]] is Music/BlueOysterCult meets Music/{{Candlemass}} meets Music/{{Nightwish}}
** Alternatively, they're Music/{{KISS}} meets Music/{{Nightwish}}.
* Music/{{Ghostemane}} is Music/{{Bathory}} meets Music/XXXTentacion and Music/ThreeSixMafia.
* Music/GinBlossoms is Music/BruceSpringsteen meets Music/ThePixies.
* Music/{{Glassjaw}} is Quicksand meets Music/FaithNoMore.
* Music/TheGlitchMob is Music/AphexTwin meets Music/DaftPunk.
* Music/{{Gloryhammer}} is Music/SteelPanther meets Music/{{Nightwish}}.
* Glove are Music/{{Devo}} meets Music/NewOrder meets Music/ScissorSisters.
* Music/{{Godflesh}} is Music/{{Swans}} + Music/KillingJoke + Music/{{Ministry}}.
* 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.
* Music/{{Godsmack}} is Music/AliceInChains meets Music/{{Disturbed}}, Music/{{Creed}}, and Music/{{Metallica}}.
* Music/{{Gojira}} is Music/{{Soulfly}} meets Music/{{Tool}} meets a whole pod of {{Space Whale}}s.
* Music/GoodCharlotte describes themselves as Music/BackstreetBoys meets Music/MinorThreat.
* Music/{{Gorillaz}} is Music/{{Blur}} meets [[BandToon The Archies]]
* Music/{{Gorgoroth}} is Music/{{Marduk}} meets Music/{{Darkthrone}}.
* Grabyourface is Music/NineInchNails meets Music/LanaDelRey meets Music/ChristineAndTheQueens.
* Music/{{Grandaddy}} is Music/{{Pavement}} meets Music/{{ElectricLightOrchestra}}.
* Music/{{Grandson}} is Metro Boomin meets Music/RageAgainstTheMachine.
* [[Music/GreenCarnation Green Carnation]] is Music/{{Genesis}} + Music/IronMaiden + Music/{{Candlemass}}.
* The Australian pop singer Music/{{Giulietta}} has been said to be [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EP0TOWCPGkk "Lady Gaga meets Cyndi Lauper"]], though nowadays she's more Music/{{Rihanna}} meets Music/NickiMinaj.
* Music/GreatBigSea is Music/DropkickMurphys meets Music/StanRogers.
* Music/GreenDay is Music/TheClash meets Music/TheCars.
* Music/GretaVanFleet is Music/LedZeppelin meets Music/TheStrokes.
* Music/{{Grimes}} is Music/{{Bjork}} meets Music/{{Lights}}.
** or Music/AphexTwin meets JapanesePopMusic (but mostly in English) meets 8 and 16-bit era GameMusic.
* Grum was Music/{{Daft Punk}} meets Disco music, but is now Music/{{The Human League}} meets Music/{{Ferry Corsten}}.
* Music/{{GWAR}}: Music/{{KISS}} meets Music/{{Slayer}} meets the ''Franchise/MastersOfTheUniverse'' franchise meets a ''Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow'' [=shadowcast=].
* ProgressiveMetal band Haji's Kitchen is Music/{{Tool}} meets Music/AliceInChains meets Music/{{Pantera}}. Their latest album adds Music/Tesseract to the mix.
* Music/{{Hacktivist}} is Music/{{Meshuggah}} meets Music/RageAgainstTheMachine meets Music/{{Korn}}, with some flavorings of Music/JayZ.
* Harley Poe is Music/ViolentFemmes meets Music/TheMisfits.
* Haim Saban and Shuki Levy are Jan Hammer meets Saturday morning cartoons.
* Music/{{Hatebreed}} is Earth Crisis meets Biohazard.
* Music/TheHaunted is Music/AtTheGates meets Music/RageAgainstTheMachine.
* Music/HaveANiceLife is Music/JoyDivision meets Music/MyBloodyValentine.
* Hawkwind are basically "Music/PinkFloyd meets Music/{{MC5}}".
* Music/{{HEALTH}} are Music/SonicYouth meets Death From Above 1979. As of ''Death Magic'', they've also added in some Music/DepecheMode and Music/SkinnyPuppy to the mix. ''SLAVES OF FEAR'' adds a sprinkling of Music/MarilynManson as well.
* Music/{{Heart}} is Music/LedZeppelin meets Music/JeffersonAirplane.
* Heavenly is Music/{{Theocracy}} meets Music/{{Gamma Ray}}.
* Helix is literally Assemblage 23 (producer Tom Shear) meets Day Twelve (vocalist Mari Kattman).
* Hellhammer was Music/{{Venom}} meets Music/{{Motorhead}}. In turn, Hellhammer's SpiritualSuccessor Music/CelticFrost was Hellhammer meets Music/{{Metallica}}. [[HistoryRepeats In turn]], Celtic Frost's SpiritualSuccessor Music/{{Triptykon}} is Music/CelticFrost meets Music/MyDyingBride.
* Music/{{Helloween}} is Racer X meets Music/{{Rainbow}}.
* [[VideoGame/JetSetRadio Hideki]] [[VideoGame/SonicRushSeries Naganuma]] is something like Music/FatboySlim meets [[JapanesePopMusic J-Pop.]]
* Music/HisNameIsAlive is Music/ThisMortalCoil meets Music/TheBeachBoys.
* Music/HollywoodUndead is Music/RageAgainstTheMachine (rap-rock) meets Music/{{Slipknot}} (nu metal under masks), under the influence of strong depressants.
* Holy Ghost! is Music/NewOrder meets Chromeo.
* House of Heroes is Music/{{Weezer}} meets Guided By Voices meets Music/{{REM}} [[ChristianRock meets]] UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}}.
* Hubert Kah is Music/ModernTalking meets the Music/PetShopBoys.
* Music/HueyLewisAndTheNews is Music/ZZTop meets Music/{{Madness}} with Huey Lewis on vocals and the image of 50s Greaser culture.
* Music/TheHumanLeague's original lineup were Music/{{Kraftwerk}} meets [[Music/GaryNuman Tubeway Army]], while their "Mk. II" incarnation are Music/DepecheMode meets Music/{{ABC}}.
* Music/HuskerDu is Music/TheReplacements meets Music/BlackFlag.
* Early Music/{{Hypocrisy}} was Dismember meets Music/MorbidAngel; later Hypocrisy is Dismember meets Music/AtTheGates meets Nocturnus.
* Music/IcedEarth is Music/IronMaiden meets Music/{{Metallica}}.
* Music/IggyAzalea is Music/{{Eminem}} meets Music/MissyElliott meets Music/LadyGaga.
* Early Music/IllNino is Music/{{Sepultura}} meets Music/LinkinPark. Later Ill Nino is Music/{{Pantera}} meets Music/{{Santana}}.
* In Solitude was [[Music/KingDiamond Mercyful Fate]] meets Music/TheCure.
* Music/InThisMoment is Music/LadyGaga meets Music/{{Korn}}.
* Illusion Suite is Music/{{Kamelot}} meets Music/TheDearHunter.
* In Flames began essentially as Ceremonial Oath with a dash of Iron Maiden. Now it's more like Music/{{Korn}} meets Music/LinkinPark meets Iron Maiden.
* Infant Annihilator is Music/{{Origin}} and Brain Drill meet Music/SuicideSilence and a ''whole'' lot of {{Pedophile Priest}}s.
* Music/{{Ingested}} is Music/{{Cryptopsy}} meets Music/DespisedIcon meets Music/{{Pathology}}.
* Music/{{Insomnium}} is Music/{{Hypocrisy}} meets Music/{{Ensiferum}} meets Music/{{My Dying Bride}}.
* Interface is Music/DepecheMode meets ''Welcome to Earth''-era Apoptygma Berzerk. In turn, Coldkill is literally Interface meets [=FGFC820=].
* Internal Bleeding was, per WordOfGod, intended to be Music/{{Suffocation}} meets Music/BlackSabbath and Music/{{Obituary}}.
* Into Eternity can be described as Music/JudasPriest meets Music/ThreeInchesOfBlood with a hint of Music/ChildrenOfBodom.
* ionnalee, [[Music/{{iamamiwhoami}} Jonna Lee]]'s SoloSideProject, is Music/{{Bjork}} meets Music/{{CHVRCHES}} meets Music/TheKnife.
* Iris is Edge of Dawn meets Midnight Resistance(both them and Iris were originally signed to A Different Drum).
* Music/IronMaiden is 70's progressive rock (Kansas, Music/{{Rush}}, Music/JethroTull etc.) meets Music/JudasPriest.
** Much more Music/ThinLizzy than Music/JudasPriest early on.
* Issues is Music/NSync meets Music/LimpBizkit meets Music/KillswitchEngage.
* Iwrestledabearonce is The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza meets Music/MrBungle [[ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs on a drug overdose]].
* Series/ImaginationMovers: Their TV series is Music/TheWiggles meets a preschooler-friendly, American ''Series/TheRedGreenShow''
* iVardensphere is Juno Reactor meets Noisex. Style-wise, they're [[ElectronicDanceMusic EDM]] meets WorldMusic meets [[{{Industrial}} Power Noise]].
* Jackyl is Music/LynyrdSkynyrd meets Music/MotleyCrue.
* Music/TheJam is Music/TheClash meets Music/TheKinks
* Music/JethroTull: Ian Anderson is [[Creator/ColinBaker the sixth]] and [[Creator/SylvesterMcCoy seventh]] [[Series/DoctorWho Doctors]] crossed with [[Literature/{{Discworld}} Rincewind the Magician]]. Musically, he's like Music/FrankZappa, Music/VanMorrison, and Music/TomWaits had a baby.
* Music/JagPanzer are Manilla Road meets Music/{{Accept}}.
* Music/{{Jigsaw}} are Music/TheBeeGees meet Music/ElectricLightOrchestra.
* Gerard Joling is Burt Bacharach meets Music/GeorgeMichael.
* Music/JudasPriest started out as Music/BlackSabbath meets Lucifer's Friend meets Budgie. Later, they became Music/BlackSabbath meets Music/{{Scorpions}}.
* British band Jungle is essentially Earth, Wind & Fire meets Odyssey-era Music/{{Jamiroquai}}.
* K-Ci & Jo Jo is what you get when Peter Cetera and Sam Cooke decide to become a duo.
* Music/{{Journey}}: Music/{{Boston}} meets Music/{{Queen}} with Steve Perry ([[RevolvingDoorBand or Steve Augeri, or Arnel Pineda]]) on vocals.
* French electrofunk/synthwave duo Jupiter are Music/DaftPunk meets Sally Shapiro.
* Music/{{Kamelot}} is Music/{{Stratovarius}} meets Music/{{Symphony X}}.
* Kamikabe is Music/{{Origin}} meets Ringworm.
* Music/KanonWakeshima is Music/EmilieAutumn meets JapanesePopMusic. [[RecycledInSpace With]] [[Music/{{Apocalyptica}} cellos]].
* Kalmah is Music/DarkTranquillity meets Music/{{Gojira}} meets [[GrimUpNorth the swamps of Finland]].
** Their newer material would be best described as Music/{{Hypocrisy}} meets Music/{{Chimaira}}.
* Music/{{Kataklysm}} is Music/DeedsOfFlesh meets Music/AmonAmarth, with a dash of Music/{{Cryptopsy}} on their first two albums.
* Music/{{Katatonia}} started out as Dissection meets Music/MyDyingBride. Later, they became Music/{{Opeth}} meets Music/AliceInChains.
* Music/KateBush is Music/{{Nico}} meets Music/PinkFloyd.
* Katrina And The Waves (1985's "Walking On Sunshine") was the Cowsills meet the Pretenders.
* Music/KendrickLamar is basically Music/TupacShakur meets Nas meets Andre 3000.
* Music/KeroKeroBonito is kinda like Halcali meets UsefulNotes/{{London}} inside a UsefulNotes/{{Nintendo 64}} soundcard.
* Music/KingCrimson are Music/PinkFloyd plus Music/TheBeatles meets Music/{{Metallica}}.
* Music/KingDiamond and Mercyful Fate are Music/JudasPriest meets Music/AliceCooper with lyrics by Creator/StephenKing.
* Gene Simmons said that he originally wanted Music/{{KISS}} to be a "Heavy Metal Beatles."
** In their early years they sort of came off as Music/GrandFunkRailroad meets [[Music/TheRiseAndFallOfZiggyStardustAndTheSpidersFromMars Ziggy Stardust]].
* Kidneythieves is Music/LinkinPark meets Music/NineInchNails meets Music/{{Radiohead}} meets Music/{{Korn}}... With a female vocalist.
* Music/KlausNomi was Music/DavidBowie meets Music/{{Kraftwerk}} meets Luciano Pavarotti.
* Music/KnifeParty is Music/{{Pendulum}} meets HouseMusic meets HarshNoise.
* Music/{{Korn}} is Music/{{Pantera}} meets Music/RedHotChiliPeppers meets Music/MrBungle.
** Now it's more like Music/FaithNoMore meets Music/FearFactory meets Music/{{Skrillex}}.
* Music/{{Korpiklaani}} is Music/SkyClad meets Music/IronMaiden.
* Music/{{Kraftwerk}} = Music/TheBeatles + Music/JeanMichelJarre.
* Music/{{Kvelertak}} is Music/{{Motorhead}} meets Music/{{Mayhem}}. Now with 100% more WordSaladLyrics.
* Music/KyaryPamyuPamyu is Music/KatyPerry meets Music/GwenStefani meets JapanesePopMusic.
** Her music is SynthPop meets SensoryAbuse.
* Kyle Craft is Music/BobDylan meets Music/DavidBowie meets Music/LynyrdSkynyrd.
* The Labrynth may be described as Cylab meets Music/Front242 meets Project Pitchfork.
* Music/LadyGaga is [[Music/BlackEyedPeas Fergie]] meets [[Music/NoDoubt Gwen Stefani]] meets Music/{{Madonna}} meets [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shazza Shazza]] meets Music/EmilieAutumn meets Music/MarilynManson meets Music/MichaelJackson meets Music/BritneySpears. Add some {{Postmodernism}} and SynthPop too...
* Lady Sovereign could be described as "Music/MileyCyrus and Music/{{Eminem}} had a baby, with anti-aging drugs."
** She could also be considered as an English DistaffCounterpart to Music/{{Eminem}}.
** Another description could be an unholy merger of Music/{{Kesha}} and Music/{{Eminem}}. In a good way.
* Music/LambOfGod can be described as Music/{{Pantera}} and Music/{{Obituary}} with an occasional side of Music/{{Crowbar}}.
* Låpsley is Music/{{Adele}} meets Music/LittleBoots.
* LAU (the UsefulNotes/{{Synthwave}} producer/artist) is Music/{{Eurythmics}} meets '80s Music/GloriaEstefan meets Music/KDLang.
* Merge Barbra Streisand and Christina Aguilera and you get the sort of music Lea Michele makes.
* Music/LedZeppelin, in mixing heavy rock with FolkMusic influences, specifically used Music/TheYardbirds meets The Incredible String Band as their starting point.
* Legion of the Damned is Music/MorbidAngel meets Music/{{Sodom}} and Music/{{Slayer}}.
* Lemaitre are Royksopp meets Music/{{deadmau5}}.
* Music/LichKing is [[Music/ExodusBand Exodus]] meets Music/{{Anthrax}} meets Music/{{Manowar}}.
* Music/LimpBizkit is Music/RageAgainstTheMachine meets Music/{{Korn}}.
* Music/LinkinPark is Music/LimpBizkit and Music/{{Deftones}} meets Music/{{Ministry}} meets Music/{{Muse}} meets Music/SkinnyPuppy.
* Music/{{LMFAO}} is Music/AndrewWK meets Music/TwoLiveCrew.
* Lizzy Borden is Music/{{Queensryche}} meets Music/AliceCooper.
* Music/TheLonelyIsland is Music/TenaciousD meet Music/TheBeastieBoys
* Music/{{Lordi}} is Music/{{GWAR}} meets Music/{{Nightwish}}
* Lost Society is Music/{{Anthrax}} meets Music/{{Motorhead}} meets Music/{{Pantera}} meets Music/{{Kiss}}.
* Music/{{M83}} is Music/DaftPunk meets Music/MyBloodyValentine.
* Music/MachineGunKelly, for his first four albums, was Music/TechN9ne meets Music/{{Eminem}}. For his fifth and sixth albums, his style became Music/Blink182 meets Music/LinkinPark.
* Music/MachineHead is ''[[Music/{{Pantera}} Vulgar Display of Power]]'' meets ''[[Music/{{Sepultura}} Beneath The Remains]]'' meets ''[[Music/{{Metallica}} Master of Puppets]]''.
* Music/{{Maneskin}} is Italian Music/FranzFerdinand meets Music/ArcticMonkeys meets Music/DavidBowie.
* '''Music/{{Manowar}}''' is Music/JudasPriest meets Music/{{Motorhead}} meets Music/BlackSabbath meets Music/{{Queen}} meets ''[[LargeHam a massive fucking boatload of ham]]''.
* 90s band Man Or Astroman has been described as the Ventures meet Devo.
* Manilla Road is Music/{{Rainbow}} meets Music/{{Motorhead}}.
* Music/MariaCross is [[Music/{{Pantera}} Phil Anselmo]] meets [[Music/AnalCunt Seth Putnam]] meets [[Music/CradleOfFilth Dani Filth]] meets [[Music/CannibalCorpse Chris]] [[Music/SixFeetUnder Barnes]] meets [[Music/DirEnGrey Kyo]] meets HarshNoise.
* Music/{{Massacration}} is Music/SteelPanther meets Music/{{Sepultura}}.
* Music/MarilynManson: Music/AliceCooper meets Music/DavidBowie meets Music/NineInchNails.
* Music/MarinaDiamandis is Music/KateBush meets Music/{{REM}}.
* Marsheaux sounds like Music/{{Eurythmics}} meets Music/GaryNuman meets Music/{{Ladytron}}.
* Music/MaximumTheHormone is something like Music/FaithNoMore meets Music/{{Meshuggah}} meets Music/AndrewWK meets Music/BabyMetal.
* Maxwell is often described as Music/MarvinGaye meets Music/{{Sade}}.
* Music/{{Mayhem}} is early Music/{{Bathory}} meets early Music/{{Sodom}}. On ''Grand Declaration of War'', they shifted to old Mayhem meets Music/{{Ministry}}.
* Music/MeganTheeStallion is Music/QueenLatifah meets Music/CardiB meets [[UsefulNotes/{{Pornography}} a porno movie]].
* Music/MeghanTrainor is Music/{{Adele}} meets Music/KatyPerry with a dash of [[Film/{{Hairspray}} Tracy Turnblad]] for good measure.
** Her ''Thank You'' era is Music/BritneySpears (pre-2007 only) meets Becky G.
* Music/MelanieMartinez is Music/MarinaDiamandis meets some nursery rhymes meets Music/AlessiaCara.
* Music/MeltBanana is Music/AnalCunt meets [[JapanesePopMusic J-pop]].
* Music/{{Merzbow}} is Music/ThrobbingGristle meets Music/{{Swans}} meets Music/{{Japan}}.
* Music/{{Meshuggah}} is Music/{{Atheist}} meets Music/{{Pantera}} meets Music/{{Nevermore}} meets [[HeavyMithril apocalyptic science fiction]].
* Music/{{Metallica}} has gone through many changes throughout each albums.
** Their first three albums and ''Death Magnetic'' are essentially Diamond Head meets Discharge. [[WordOfGod They've]] described their early sound as Diamond Head meets Music/{{Motorhead}}.
** ''...And Justice For All'' is their first three albums meet Music/DreamTheater
** [=''Metallica''=] is Diamond Head meets Music/{{ACDC}}
** ''Load'' and [=''ReLoad''=] are Diamond Head meets Music/{{Radiohead}}
** ''St. Anger'' is [=Metallica=] meets NuMetal and GarageRock
** ''[=Lulu=]'' is literally Music/{{Metallica}} meets Lou Reed.
* Music/MichaelJackson is Music/FrankSinatra, Creator/DeanMartin, Creator/SammyDavisJr, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Lawford Peter Lawford]] and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_Bishop Joey Bishop]] meet Music/JamesBrown, Music/LittleRichard, Music/BobDylan, Music/DavidBowie, Music/DianaRoss, Music/ElvisPresley, Creator/CharlieChaplin, Creator/MarcelMarceau, Creator/GeneKelly, Creator/GeneWilder and Creator/FredAstaire.
* Microchip League is Music/Front242 meets early Music/{{KMFDM}}.
* Midnight Star is closer to being Zapp meets Earth Wind and Fire meets Atlantic Starr.
* A Billboard review of Music/{{Miguel}} ("Adorn") describes him as Music/{{Babyface}} meets Music/RKelly. Or alternatively Babyface meets Music/TheWeeknd.
* Music/MikeOldfield is Music/EmersonLakeAndPalmer meets Music/{{Vangelis}}.
* Music/MindlessSelfIndulgence can be described as the modern-sounding punk-pop of Music/FallOutBoy with the comedic machismo of Music/ElectricSix and the overarching GenreRoulette one would associate with {{Music/Primus}}.
* Music/{{Ministry}} is Music/SkinnyPuppy meets Music/{{Megadeth}} and Music/{{Slayer}}.
* Music/TheMisfits are Music/TheRamones meets B-movie cheese.
* Music/MissyHiggins is Music/AlanisMorissette meets Music/KateBush.
* Moe and ghosts sounds like a mix of Cibo Matto, Wyclef Jean, and Music/BustaRhymes, with a dash of Ol' Dirty Bastard.
* Molly Hatchet was Lynyrd Skynyrd meets every failed band playing southern rock who claimed they were better than Lynyrd Skynyrd.
* Early Music/MorbidAngel is Music/{{Death}} meets ''Hell Awaits''-era Music/{{Slayer}}. Later Morbid Angel is early Morbid Angel meets [[https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Ceremony/4847 Ceremony]] meets Music/{{Cryptopsy}}.
* Music/{{Mortician}} is Music/{{Impetigo}} meets Music/{{Necrophagia}}.
* Music/MotleyCrue is Music/VanHalen meets T. Rex.
* Music/MothersFinest was described by some fans as Music/LedZeppelin meets Ike and Tina.
* Music/MotionlessInWhite is Music/{{Marilyn Manson}} meets Music/BreakingBenjamin.
* Mott The Hoople was Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers meet David Bowie (which adds since Bowie wrote, produced and sang backup on their only hit "All the Young Dudes").
* Music/MrBungle is Music/FaithNoMore meets Music/CaptainBeefheart.
* Mr. Scruff is Music/FatboySlim meets Groove Armada.
* Music/MumfordAndSons is The Violent Femmes meets Music/NoahAndTheWhale.
* Music/{{Muse}} is Music/{{Queen}} meets ScienceFiction: particularly [[Creator/GeorgeOrwell Orwell]]. Or ProgressiveRock meets ElectronicMusic. Or Music/{{Queen}} meets Music/{{Radiohead}} with a bit of Music/{{Rush}} and Music/DreamTheater thrown in for good measure.
* Music/MyChemicalRomance is Music/TheSmashingPumpkins meets Music/TRex meets Music/{{Queen}} meets Music/TakingBackSunday
* Music/{{My Dying Bride}} is Music/{{Black Sabbath}} meets Music/{{Death}} meets Music/{{Joy Division}}
* Nanowar of Steel is Music/{{Manowar}} meets Music/WeirdAlYankovic.
* Music/NapalmDeath is Discharge meets Music/{{Swans}} meets Music/{{Possessed}}.
* Music/NeckDeep is Music/Blink182 meets Music/{{Millencolin}}
* [[Music/NellieMcKay Nellie [=McKay=]]] is Norah Jones meets Music/DorisDay meets Music/RandyNewman.
* Music/{{Nero}} is Music/{{Skream}} and Music/{{Skrillex}} meet Music/{{Nevermore}}.
* Neurosis is Music/{{Godflesh}} meets Music/{{Crowbar}} meets Music/{{Tool}}.
* Music/NeutralMilkHotel is Music/BobDylan meets ''Music/{{Swordfishtrombones}}''-era Music/TomWaits meets Music/{{Pavement}}.
* The New Division is Music/NewOrder meets Music/DepecheMode meets Music/TheMagneticFields.
* Music/{{Nevermore}} is Music/IcedEarth meets Music/{{Pantera}} meets Music/{{Megadeth}} meets Music/{{Atheist}}.
* Music/NewYorkDolls is Music/TheStooges meets Music/TheRollingStones.
* Music/NickiMinaj is 50% Music/LadyGaga (glammed-out dress style) and 50% Music/LilKim (female rapper).
* Music/NinjaSexParty is Music/TheyMightBeGiants meets Music/SteelPanther meets Music/BillyIdol. Their spinoff band Starbomb is Ninja Sex Party meets Music/{{Eminem}}.
* Music/{{Nightwish}}'s "Meadows Of Heaven" song is like Gospel music + choir vocals (especially towards the end) mixed with EpicRocking.
** The band itself is {{Opera}} meets PowerMetal.
** Or maybe Music/{{Savatage}} meets Music/LacunaCoil.
* Music/{{Nile}} is Music/{{Suffocation}} meets Music/MorbidAngel meets Myth/EgyptianMythology.
* NINA is Music/{{Bjork}}(or Music/KateBush) meets Music/{{Erasure}}(she opened for them on their 2014 ''The Violet Flame'' album tour) meets Music/{{Nena}}(both her and NINA are German).
* Music/NineInchNails started out as Music/SkinnyPuppy meets Music/DepecheMode meets Music/{{Prince}}.
** ''Broken'' was ''Pretty Hate Machine'' meets later Music/{{Ministry}}.
** ''Music/TheDownwardSpiral'' was ''Broken'' meets ''Music/TheDarkSideOfTheMoon'' meets ''Music/TheWhiteAlbum''.
* Music/{{Nirvana}} has been self-described as The Knack and the Bay City Rollers being molested by Music/BlackFlag and Music/BlackSabbath. Or, as Creator/JonStewart once described them, "It was like Music/TheBeatles had swallowed Music/BlackFlag".
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGIk6QqSHd4 Nitro]] has been said to be Music/MotleyCrue plus Music/KingDiamond.
* The Northern Kings is Me First and the Gimme Gimmes meets Music/SonataArctica and Music/{{Nightwish}}.
* Nothing But Noise is Music/Front242 meets Music/TangerineDream.
* Nothing More is Music/{{Queensryche}} and Music/CoheedAndCambria meet Music/LinkinPark and Music/DrowningPool.
* Music/NovembersDoom were described by frontman Paul Kuhr as Grave meets Music/CelticFrost meets Music/TheDoors.
* Music/{{NSYNC}} are Rockapella meets the Music/BackstreetBoys meets Music/NewEdition meets [[SelfDeprecation self-deprecating humor]].
* Nuclear Assault is Music/{{Anthrax}} meets [=DRI=].
* Music/{{Oasis}}: Liam Gallagher's vocal style has been described as a cross between Music/JohnLennon and Music/JohnnyRotten.
* Music/{{Oathean}} is Music/{{Behemoth}} meets Music/{{Chthonic}} meets Korean folk music.
* Music/{{Obituary}} is Music/CelticFrost meets Music/{{Death}}.
* Oceans of Slumber is Music/{{Anathema}} meets Borknagar meets Music/EdgeOfSanity meets Music/{{Mastodon}}.
* Of Mice and Men are Attack Attack! minus electronic music plus [[GrooveMetal djent]].
* Music/TheOffspring is Agent Orange meets Music/GreenDay.
* Olive was Music/{{Dido}} meets Music/{{Enya}} meets Music/EverythingButTheGirl.
* Ollie Wride is Music/PhilCollins meets Music/{{Sting}}.
* Music/OneDirection can be seen as Music/BackstreetBoys (boy band) meets Music/JustinBieber (popular with the same generation of teenage girls).
* Onesidezero is Music/{{Tool}} meets Music/BreakingBenjamin
* Music/{{Opeth}} is Music/{{Genesis}} meets Music/{{Entombed}} meets Music/{{Death}} meets Music/{{Judas Priest}}.
* Music/OrchestralManoeuvresInTheDark are Music/{{Kraftwerk}} meets Merseybeat.
* Music/{{Origin}} is Music/{{Deicide}} meets Music/NapalmDeath meets Music/YngwieMalmsteen
* Music/TheOutfield is Music/TheCars meets Music/{{REM}}.
* Overcast was Leeway meets Music/{{Crowbar}}.
* Music/OzzyOsbourne is Satan meets Count Dracula meets Robert Plant.
** His solo work is Music/BlackSabbath meets Music/ThinLizzy.
* Music/APaleHorseNamedDeath is Music/TypeONegative meets Music/AliceInChains.
* Music/PanicAtTheDisco could be described as Music/FallOutBoy meets Music/TheKillers or Music/TheBeatles, depending on the album.
* Music/{{Pantera}}'s HairMetal albums are Music/{{Scorpions}} meets Music/{{Poison}}. Their GrooveMetal albums are Music/{{Nevermore}} meets Music/{{Sepultura}}.
* Music/ParovStelar is Music/DjangoReinhardt meets Music/{{Skrillex}}.
* Pathfinder is Music/{{Nightwish}} meets Music/{{Stratovarius}}.
* Music/{{Periphery}} is Music/{{Meshuggah}} meets Music/{{Deftones}} and Music/PorcupineTree.
* Persuader is Music/{{Blind Guardian}} meets Music/{{Metallica}}.
* Perturbator is Music/{{Kavinsky}} meets Project Pitchfork, with a siding of Music/MarilynManson and Music/RobZombie. As of ''Lustful Sacraments'', he's also added in elements of Music/DepecheMode and early Music/TheCure.
* Phantogram is Music/{{Eurythmics}} meets Music/JDilla with a sprinkling of Music/{{Moby}} and Music/{{Portishead}} on top.
* Plus One is Music/{{NSYNC}} [[GospelMusic meets]] UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}}.
* Depending on the song, [[Creator/NickBertke Pogo]] is Music/ToddEdwards meets either Music/{{Nujabes}} or Music/OwlCity.
* Music/ThePogues is Music/TheSexPistols meets Music/TheDubliners.
* Music/{{Poison}} is Music/MotleyCrue meets Music/TwistedSister.
* Music/PortugalTheMan is Music/{{Cream}} meets Music/FranzFerdinand meets Music/CageTheElephant.
* Music/{{Possessed}} is Music/{{Slayer}} meets Music/CelticFrost meets Music/{{Venom}}.
* Music/PorcupineTree is Music/PinkFloyd meets Music/{{Rush}} meets Music/{{Metallica}}.
* Power Glove is Music/GiorgioMoroder meets Music/{{Vangelis}} meets Brad Fiedel meets Creator/JohnCarpenter.
* Power Quest is Freedom Call meets Music/{{Thin Lizzy}}.
** Alternatively, they are Music/DragonForce meets Music/{{Journey}}
* Powerwolf is Music/{{Sabaton}} meets Music/{{Lordi}}.
* Music/PrettyMaids is Music/MotleyCrue meets Music/IronMaiden
* Music/ThePrettyReckless is Music/{{Heart}} meets Music/{{Halestorm}}
* Pride and Fall is Angels and Agony (or Edge of Dawn) meets Colony 5.
* Music/{{Prince}} was described by Music/MilesDavis as an otherworldly blend of Music/JamesBrown, Music/JimiHendrix, Music/MarvinGaye, [[Music/SlyAndTheFamilyStone Sly Stone]], Music/LittleRichard, Music/DukeEllington, and Creator/CharlieChaplin.
* Music/{{Primus}} is Music/{{Rush}} meets Music/TheResidents.
* Music/LosPrisioneros is GarageRock meets UsefulNotes/{{Punk}} meets {{Reggae}} meets NewWaveMusic meets SynthPop meets {{Rockabilly}}.
* Music/ProtestTheHero is Music/TheDillingerEscapePlan meets Music/BillyTalent with a dash of Music/KingCrimson.
* Music/TheProtomen is Music/{{Queen}} meets Music/IronMaiden meets Music/{{Journey}} meets Bonnie Tyler. Plus VideoGame/MegaMan as a lyrical theme. The most 80s band out there.
* Music/{{Psychostick}} is Music/BloodhoundGang meets Music/{{Hatebreed}} and/or Music/FiveFingerDeathPunch.
* Music/{{Pulp}} is Music/{{Buzzcocks}} meets Music/TheYardbirds meets Music/BillyIdol.
* Music/{{Pyrrhon}} is Music/{{Gorguts}} meets Dysrhythmia meets early Music/TheDillingerEscapePlan.
* The Qemists are Music/{{Pendulum}} meets Music/TheProdigy meets Music/{{Noisia}}.
* Quarashi is Music/RageAgainstTheMachine meets the Music/BeastieBoys.
* Music/{{Queen}} [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness started out]] as Music/LedZeppelin meets Music/DavidBowie, with a dash of Music/TenCC tossed in as well.
** Their second album ''Music/QueenII'' was described as Music/LedZeppelin meets Music/{{Yes}}.
* Music/{{Queensryche}} is Music/IronMaiden meets Music/PinkFloyd.
* Music/RKelly was described by music executive Barry Weiss as "the modern day Music/{{Prince}}, although there's a bit of Music/MarvinGaye in him, and a bit of Music/IrvingBerlin".
* Music/{{Radiohead}} is essentially Music/ThePixies meets Music/{{REM}} meets Music/AphexTwin plus Music/PinkFloyd.
* Music/RageAgainstTheMachine is Music/{{Eminem}} meets Music/FaithNoMore.
** Alternatively, they are Music/PublicEnemy meets Music/{{Converge}}.
* Raging Silence is Edge of Dawn meets Music/HansZimmer meets Music/{{Laibach}} meets Music/{{Skrillex}}.
* The Rain Within is Bella Morte (being a SoloSideProject of said band) meets Music/DepecheMode meets Music/{{Erasure}}.
* Music/{{Rammstein}} is Music/{{Ministry}} meets Music/{{Laibach}}.
* Music/TheRamones are Music/TheBeachBoys (pre-1965) meets the Music/NewYorkDolls.
* Early Music/{{Rainbow}} is Music/DeepPurple meets Music/BlackSabbath. Their material without Music/RonnieJamesDio is Music/DeepPurple meets Music/DefLeppard.
* Music/{{Red}} is Music/{{Chevelle}} meets Music/{{Kamelot}} with a dash of Music/{{Deftones}}.
* Music/TheRegrettes is Music/BikiniKill meets Music/TheRonettes. Lead vocalist Lydia Night is Kathleen Hanna meets Ronnie Spector with a bit of [[Music/CageTheElephant Matthew Shultz]] mixed in too.
* Replacire is Martyr meets Music/{{Decapitated}} meets Music/{{Tool}}.
* Republica is Music/{{EMF}} meets Music/FleetwoodMac.
* Music/{{Revocation}} is early Music/TheFaceless meets Music/DemolitionHammer with a siding of Music/{{Megadeth}}.
* Music/RhapsodyOfFire is Music/{{Stratovarius}} meets Music/LudwigVanBeethoven meets [[RockOpera an original storyline consisting of nine albums and an EP.]]
* Rich Girl is when Music/{{Beyonce}} and Kelly Rowland decide to call up Music/JenniferLopez and Nicole Scherzinger from the Music/PussycatDolls [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMv1sqz62qY to form a super group]].
* Rings Of Saturn is [[{{Deathcore}} Arsonists Get All The Girls]] meets [[TechnicalDeathMetal Viraemia]]... [[RecycledINSPACE IN SPACE!!]] Alternatively, it's Music/InternalSuffering meets Chelsea Grin.
* Music/RiseAgainst is Music/TheOffspring meets Music/MyChemicalRomance.
* Music/RobbieWilliams is Music/WeirdAlYankovic meets Music/ElvisPresley meets Creator/MarkWahlberg.
* Music/RodStewart is Music/MickJagger meets Music/VanMorrison. He's even covered songs by Music/TheRollingStones and Morrison to make it more apparent.
* Music/{{Rodriguez}} = Music/BobDylan + José Feliciano.
* [[Music/LedZeppelin Robert Plant]] + [[ComicBook/GreenLantern Guy Gardner]] = [[Music/GunsNRoses Axl Rose]].
* Roxi Drive is Dana Jean Phoenix meets Music/PatBenatar meets mid-80s Music/{{Madonna}}.
* The Ruins Of Beverast is Nagelfar meets Skepticism.
* Music/RunningWild is Music/JudasPriest meets Music/{{Accept}} in the age of WoodenShipsAndIronMen.
* Music/{{Rush}} is Music/LedZeppelin meets Music/{{Styx}} meets Music/{{Yes}}.
* Music/TheRutles are Music/TheBeatles meets [[Film/ThisIsSpinalTap Spinal Tap]] via Creator/MontyPython.
* Sacramentum is Music/{{Marduk}} meets Music/DarkTranquillity.
* Music/{{Sabaton}} is Music/{{Manowar}} meets Music/RacerX playing HorribleHistoryMetal.
* Saint Motel is Music/TheStrokes meets Music/StevieWonder.
* Saraya is Music/{{Hardline}} meets Music/{{Heart}}.
* Music/SavageGarden is Music/{{Wham}} meets Music/{{Roxette}} meets Music/AirSupply meets Music/{{REM}}.
* Music/{{Savatage}} is Music/{{Queen}} meets Music/GunsNRoses.
* Saweetie is Cardi B meets Kim Kardashian.
* Scarlxrd is Music/{{Deftones}} meet Migos and Dizzee Rascal.
* Scar Symmetry can be described as Music/{{Soilwork}} meets Music/{{Meshuggah}}.
* Music/ScissorSisters is Music/TheVillagePeople meets Music/VanHalen(Music/DavidLeeRoth era)
* The later works of Ukrainian black metal outfit Semargl can be described as Music/{{Amaranthe}} meets {{Main/Black Metal}}.
* Brazilian GothMetal band ''Semblant'' is Music/ArchEnemy meets Music/LacunaCoil
* Early Music/{{Sepultura}} is Music/{{Slayer}} meets Music/{{Sodom}}; later Sepultura is Music/{{Pantera}} meets Music/FearFactory meets traditional Brazilian music.
* Music/{{Stryper}}: Music/TwistedSister meets Literature/TheBible
* Septycal Gorge is Music/DefeatedSanity meets Music/HourOfPenance.
* Sequester is Music/SonataArctica meets Music/PearlJam.
* Seremedy is Music/EscapeTheFate meets Music/{{Versailles}} and Music/{{Soilwork}}.
* Music/ShawnMendes is Music/JesseMcCartney (both are Disney Channel-friendly TeenIdol PrettyBoy, similar in magnitude of following in their respective times) meets Music/JohnMayer (somber, heartfelt music with acoustic guitar).
* Music/SherylCrow is Music/BonnieRaitt meets [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rickie_Lee_Jones Rickie Lee Jones]].
* Music/{{Shinedown}} is Music/{{Soundgarden}} meets Music/ThreeDoorsDown with a dash of Music/LinkinPark.
* Music/{{SHINee}} is Music/DongBangShinKi meets [[VisualKei Oshare Kei]].
* Music/{{Shining}} (Sweden) is Music/{{Burzum}} meets Music/{{Opeth}}.
* Shotty Horroh is [[Music/{{Oasis}} Liam Gallagher]] meets Skepta.
* Music/{{Sigh}} is Music/{{Emperor}} meets Music/FaithNoMore meets Music/KingDiamond.
* Signs of the Swarm is Music/AbominablePutridity meets Oceano.
* Music/{{SikTH}} is Music/TheDillingerEscapePlan meets Music/{{Korn}} meets Music/{{Converge}}.
* Music/{{Silencer}} is Music/{{Burzum}} meets [[BedlamHouse an insane asylum]].
** To be more descriptive, Burzum meets Bethlehem.
* Music/SimonAndGarfunkel were Music/TheEverlyBrothers meet Music/BobDylan.
* Sine City is Music/AHa meets The Frozen Autumn meets Wolfsheim. Or Music/{{Kraftwerk}} meets Apoptygma Berzerk meets Music/TheCruxshadows.
* Music/SixxAM is Music/MotleyCrue meets Music/ThreeDaysGrace meets Music/{{Masterplan}}.
* Music/SixFeetUnder is Music/{{Obituary}} meets Music/MorbidAngel meets Music/BoltThrower.
* Music/{{Skrillex}} is Music/{{Skream}} meets Music/AphexTwin or Music/{{Deadmau5}} meets Music/{{Merzbow}}, depending on the song.
* Music/{{Skillet}} is Music/{{Stryper}} meets Music/{{Korn}}.
* Music/{{Skindred}} is mid-career Music/{{Sepultura}} + {{Reggae}} or Music/BadBrains meets Music/{{Soulfly}}, Music/SystemOfADown and Music/{{Candiria}}.
* Music/SkinnyPuppy is Music/ThrobbingGristle meets Music/{{Kraftwerk}}.
* Music/{{Skyclad}} is Music/JudasPriest meets Music/SteeleyeSpan.
* Music/{{Slayer}} is Music/{{Motorhead}} meets Music/{{Metallica}} and Music/{{Venom}}.
* Sleepy Brown has been described as a lechery-prone Curtis Mayfield and "I Want You"-era Marvin Gaye with the imagery of Hot Buttered Soul-era Isaac Hayes.
* Music/{{Slipknot}} is Music/{{Korn}} meets Music/AcidBath meets Music/MorbidAngel.
* Music/TheSmashingPumpkins is Music/BillyIdol meets Music/{{REM}} meets Music/{{Nirvana}}.
* SMP is Music/NineInchNails meets the Music/BeastieBoys.
* Music/SocialDistortion is Music/AgentOrange meets Music/JohnnyCash.
* Solar Fields is Music/JeanMichelJarre meets Music/TangerineDream meets Music/JunoReactor.
* Early Soulfly was Music/{{Sepultura}} meets Music/{{Santana}}. Now it's more like old Sepultura meets new Sepultura meets tribal percussion.
* Early Music/SonataArctica is Music/{{Helloween}} meets Music/{{Yes}}. For ''Unia'' and ''Days of Grays'', they were Music/LacunaCoil meets Music/{{Asia}}, ''Stones Grow Her Name'' is Music/{{Edguy}} meets Music/{{Primus}}, and ''Pariah's Child'' and ''The Ninth Hour'' are old Sonata Arctica meets new Sonata Arctica.
* Music/{{Soundgarden}} is Music/{{Motorhead}} meets Music/BlackSabbath meets Music/SonicYouth.
* Music/SteamPoweredGiraffe is Music/{{Voltaire}} meets Music/BruceSpringsteen meets Music/SamCooke. Their [[Main/{{AlterEgoActing}} backstories]] are Series/Warehouse13 meets Literature/{{Leviathan}} meets Anime/JojosBizarreAdventure as told by Creator/LFrankBaum. [[Main/{{WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs}} Yeah...]]
* Music/TheStooges are Music/TheRollingStones meets Music/TheDoors meets Music/TheSonics meets Music/VelvetUnderground.
* [[http://youtu.be/kO8ii-LuEbY "Stop Pause"]] is "Land Of 1,000 Dances" meets Southern HipHop.
* Music/SteelPanther is Music/{{Poison}} meets Music/TheLonelyIsland in a vaguely [[{{Film/ThisIsSpinalTap}} Spinal Tap]]-shaped package.
** Alternatively: Music/{{Poison}} meets Music/TwoLiveCrew.
* Music/{{Stratovarius}} is Music/{{Helloween}} meets Music/{{Scorpions}}.
* Strawberry Switchblade is Music/LadyGaga meets Music/TheCure meets Music/CyndiLauper.
* Music/{{Styx}} is Music/{{Queen}} meets Music/{{Yes}}.
* Submarine Man is [[WesternAnimation/{{Madagascar}} Mort the mouse lemur]] meets Music/TPain meets Music/WeirdAlYankovic.
* Music/{{Suffocation}} is Music/{{Death}} meets Terrorizer.
* Music/SufjanStevens is Music/JeffBuckley meets Music/BrianWilson if one of the two became a born-again Christian.
** Alternatively, ''Harmony Corruption''-era Music/NapalmDeath meets ''Butchered at Birth''-era Music/CannibalCorpse.
** Or, Music/ToddRundgren meets Music/ElliottSmith.
* Music/SuicidalTendencies is Music/MinorThreat meets Music/{{Slayer}} meets Music/LivingColour.
* Music/{{Supercell}} is Music/NineInchNails meets [[Music/{{Vocaloid}} Hatsune Miku]] meets Website/NicoNicoDouga meets Website/{{Pixiv}}.
* Music/{{Supertramp}} is Music/{{Rush}} meets Music/SteelyDan.
* Swallow The Sun is Music/{{Insomnium}} meets Music/{{Theatre Of Tragedy}}.
* Music/{{Swans}}: Music/PinkFloyd meets Music/ThrobbingGristle.
* Music/SweetTrip is Music/{{Slowdive}} meets Music/{{Autechre}}.
* Music/SymphonyX is what you would get with Music/DreamTheater playing PowerMetal, particularly Music/RhapsodyOfFire.
* Music/SystemOfADown is Music/FaithNoMore meets Middle Eastern music.
* Music/TaylorSwift is Debbie Gibson meets Music/StevieNicks.
* Music/TeenageBottlerocket is Music/{{NOFX}} meets Music/{{Weezer}} meets Jim's Big Ego.
* Music/{{Theocracy}} is Music/{{Helloween}} meets Music/{{Angra}} [[ChristianRock meets]] UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}}.
* Music/TheyMightBeGiants are Music/WeirdAlYankovic meets MindScrew meets WordSaladLyrics meets CrazyIsCool!
** They're more like Music/FrankZappa meets Music/ElvisCostello meets Music/DavidBowie meets Creator/ChristopherTitus.
** Music/{{XTC}} meets Music/TheResidents would also work.
* Music/ThinLizzy is Music/JimiHendrix meets Music/VanMorrison.
* Music/ThisHeat is Music/SoftMachine meets Music/{{Faust}} meets Music/ThrobbingGristle.
* Threat Signal is the child of Music/FearFactory, Music/KillswitchEngage, Music/{{Meshuggah}}, and Music/LinkinPark. [[note]] Threat Signal's vocalist sounds like LP vocalist Chester Bennington. [[/note]]
* Music/ThreeInchesOfBlood are something akin to Music/JudasPriest meets Music/HammerFall with harsh vocals.
** Or Music/{{Slayer}} meets Music/IronMaiden.
* Music/ThrobbingGristle is Music/{{Kraftwerk}} meets Music/{{Cromagnon}} meets ''Music/MetalMachineMusic''.
* Music/{{Tiamat}} are Music/{{Dokken}} meets Music/CelticFrost meets Music/PinkFloyd.
* Tigers Jaw is Music/FleetwoodMac meets Music/BrandNew.
* 'Til Tuesday is Music/TheCars meets Music/TheGoGos with Aimee Mann on vocals.
* Music/{{TLC}} is En Vogue meets MC Lyte.
* Tomas Barfod is Music/{{Moby}} meets Trentemøller meets Tycho.
* Music/TomPetty was Music/BuddyHolly meets Music/TheByrds.
** Tom Petty described the music of the Heartbreakers as being influenced by Music/TheRollingStones and Music/TheByrds.
* Music/{{Tool}} are Music/KingCrimson meets Music/NineInchNails.
* Tourniquet is Music/{{Slayer}} + Petra with a dash of Music/{{Rush}}.
* The Toyes are Music/BobMarley meets the Music/BarenakedLadies.
* Music/TrapThem is Music/{{Entombed}} meets His Hero Is Gone meets Integrity.
* TRAX is Music/LArcEnCiel meets Music/XJapan meets KoreanPopMusic.
* Music/{{Trivium}} are Music/{{Metallica}} meet Music/KillswitchEngage.
* Trouble is Music/BlackSabbath meets Music/LedZeppelin.
* TR/ST is Music/{{Erasure}} meets Music/MindInABox.
* Turisas have been described as "the bastard offspring of The Levellers and Music/{{Manowar}}".
* [[Music/{{OFWGKTA}} Tyler, the Creator]] is early Music/{{Eminem}} meets Music/LilWayne meets Music/MFDoom.
* Twelve Foot Ninja is Music/MrBungle and early Music/RedHotChiliPeppers meet Music/{{Periphery}}.
* Music/TwentyOnePilots is Music/{{MGMT}} meets Music/MyChemicalRomance with a dash of Music/LinkinPark and Music/{{Brokencyde}}.
* Two Gallants is The Violent Femmes meets Music/BobDylan.
* Music/{{Ulcerate}} is Music/{{Gorguts}} meets Music/DeathspellOmega meets Music/{{Neurosis}}.
* Unleashed is Music/{{Bathory}}'s lyrics meets Entombed's sound.
* Until BEN is Music/DepecheMode meets Music/{{Radiohead}}.
* Upon a Burning Body is Music/DespisedIcon meets Music/IllNino.
* [[Music/{{Hyde}} Vamps]] is whan happens when Music/MarilynManson meets Music/{{Japan}}.
* Vandal Moon sound like either Music/ClanOfXymox meets Music/GaryNuman, or Music/DepecheMode meets Music/TheSistersOfMercy.
* Music/VanHalen:
** The Music/DavidLeeRoth era is Music/{{Journey}} meets Music/TwistedSister with Eddie Van Halen on guitar.
** The Sammy Hagar era is HairMetal meets Music/{{Journey}}.
** The Gary Cherone era is Music/{{Extreme}} meets Hagar-era Van Halen.
* Veil of Maya is Music/AtTheGates meets [[GrooveMetal djent]].
* Vein is Music/{{Deftones}} meets Music/{{Hatebreed}} meets Music/{{Converge}}.
* Music/{{Vektor}} is Destruction meets Music/{{Immortal}} meets Music/{{Watchtower}}.
* Music/VenetianSnares is Whitehouse meets Music/AphexTwin.
* Music/{{Venom}} is Music/{{Motorhead}} meets Music/BlackSabbath.
* Music/{{Versailles}} is Music/{{Gackt}} meets Music/DragonForce meets ''Manga/TheRoseOfVersailles''.
** It's literally Lareine meets the Hizaki Grace Project.
** And Music/{{Jupiter}} is basically 80% of the band meets ProgressiveMetal.
* Victoria Celestine is Music/{{Lights}} meets Music/{{CHVRCHES}} meets Country Music/TaylorSwift.
* The Violent Femmes is Music/VelvetUnderground meets Music/WoodyGuthrie meets Bill Gaither.
* Virgin Steele is Music/{{Manowar}} meets Music/{{Savatage}}.
* Virus is Voivod meets Music/KillingJoke meets Music/KingCrimson meets Music/SystemOfADown meets Music/TalkingHeads.
* V is for Villains is Music/NineInchNails meets Music/JohnWilliams
* Visigoth is Music/Cathedral meets Music/Manowar.
* Music/{{Vocaloid}} is SyntheticVoiceActor meets AutoTune.
* Voice of the Beehive is Music/TheBangles meets Music/KirstyMacColl.
* Void Vision is Music/{{Berlin}} meets Music/DeadCanDance meets Music/EmilieAutumn meets Music/{{Kraftwerk}}.
* Music/{{Voivod}} is Music/{{Motorhead}} meets Music/PinkFloyd meets Music/CelticFrost.
* Music/{{Volbeat}} is Music/ElvisPresley meets Music/{{Danzig}}.
* Music/WagakkiBand is basically what happens to Music/{{Slipknot}} if they were VisualKei, played Japanese folk music, and had a kimono-wearing chick for a singer. [[WidgetSeries Yeah, make of that if you will]].
* Music/TheWaitresses is Tin Huey meets Music/{{Blondie}}.
* Music/{{Watchtower}} is Helstar meets Music/{{Rush}} meets Music/WeatherReport.
* Music/TheWeeknd is Music/MichaelJackson meets Music/{{Prince}} meets Music/RKelly meets [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aster_Aweke Aster Aweke]] meets Music/{{Aaliyah}} meets Music/LanaDelRey meets Music/DavidBowie meets Music/BadBrains meets Music/TalkingHeads meets Music/TheSmiths meets Music/FiftyCent meets Music/WuTangClan meets Music/{{Eminem}} meets Music/DeBarge.
* Music/{{Weezer}} is Music/{{Semisonic}} meets Music/TheyMightBeGiants meets Music/TheBeatles.
** Or Music/BuddyHolly meets Music/TheCars meets Music/{{Nirvana}}.
** When they started out, their vision statement was basically "A loud version of Music/TheBeachBoys".
* Music/WeirdAlYankovic is Creator/AllanSherman meets Music/{{Devo}} meets just about every trend in popular music since 1979.
* Whale is a '90s pop-rock band that's basically a fusion of Music/RedHotChiliPeppers and Deee-Lite.
* Music/TheWhiteStripes are Music/{{MC5}} meets Music/ElvisCostello meets Music/DeadKennedys.
* Wind Rose is Music/{{Sabaton}} meets Elvenking.
* Winds of Plague is Bleeding Through meets Suffokate.
* Music/{{Winger}} is Music/WhiteLion meets Music/{{Queensryche}}
* Music/{{Wolfmother}} is Music/{{ACDC}} meets Music/BlackSabbath meets Music/LedZeppelin.
* Wolves at the Gate is Music/{{Underoath}} meets Music/DragonForce meets Literature/TheBible.
* Xeno & Oaklander are Music/{{Kraftwerk}} meets Music/CocteauTwins meets Music/DaftPunk.
* Music/XJapan is basically Music/{{KISS}} meets Music/TwistedSister meets Music/{{Metallica}} meets Music/DreamTheater meets Music/YoshikiHayashi.
** The band describes themselves as Music/{{Radiohead}} meets Music/{{Slayer}} meets ClassicalMusic.
** And Music/{{Yoshiki|Hayashi}} himself is Music/HansZimmer meets [[Music/DreamTheater Mike Portnoy]], [[Music/{{Slayer}} Dave Lombardo]] and [[Music/FearFactory Gene Hoglan]].
** Also, Music/{{hide|toMatsumoto}} is Music/ElvisPresley meets [[Music/LimpBizkit Wes Borland]] meets [[Music/GunsNRoses Slash]].
* X-O-Planet are The Frozen Autumn meets In Strict Confidence.
* Creator/RonWasserman is Music/JudasPriest meets Saturday morning cartoons.
* Music/WesleyWillis is Creator/RichardPryor meets Creator/BobcatGoldthwait with a Casio keyboard.
* Music/XXXTentacion could be best described as Music/GetoBoys meets Music/TupacShakur meets Music/GGAllin.
* Music/{{Yazoo}} was Music/DustySpringfield meets Music/TheHumanLeague.
* Yelawolf is Music/{{Eminem}} meets Music/KidRock.
* YOHIO is Music/{{Hizaki}} meets Music/TakanoriNishikawa meets Music/{{Gackt}}.
* Youngblood Brass Band is a brass band meets [[HipHop Rap]].
* Early on, Music/YouseiTeikoku is Music/SkinnyPuppy meets Music/LacunaCoil. Nowadays it's more like Music/MaliceMizer meets Music/{{Evanescence}}
** Alternatively, Creator/YuiItsuki meets Music/{{Celldweller}} meets Music/{{Rammstein}}. (It began as Yui's {{Goth}}ic {{industrial}} music project)
* Yves Tumor is Music/{{Prince}} and Music/{{Portishead}} meet Music/JamesFerraro and Music/ThrobbingGristle.
* Zanias is Music/DeadCanDance meets Diva Destruction.
* Music/ZealAndArdor can be best described as Music/BBKing and Music/KirkFranklin meet Music/{{Mayhem}}. No, seriously.
* The band Zipthunk! was described in a review as "Like Music/TheMonkees getting fucked by Music/ThePixies while Music/ElvisCostello films the whole thing."
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** Music/JohnLennon praisingly described [=ELO=]'s "Showdown" as a mix of "I Heard It Through the Grapevine," Lou Christie's "Lightning Strikes" and "I Am the Walrus."