Line #49 SpiritualSuccessor/Music


1	SpiritualSuccessor in music.
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3	* Music/{{Adele}} is considered the spiritual successor to Music/AmyWinehouse by many music critics.
4	** Music/{{Duffy}}, Music/PalomaFaith and even Music/EmeliSande are also viewed as this by many people too.
5	* Music/AliciaKeys is this to Music/NinaSimone.
6	* The modern {{Nightcore}} movement of the 2010s is one to the "chipmunk version" and SpeedyTechnoRemix crazes of the 2000s. After the popularity of the ''Film/AlvinAndTheChipmunks'' film, many videos on [=YouTube=] began pitching songs similar to the Chipmunks' sound. Similarly, catchy remixes were popular on early [=YouTube=]. In the 2010s, these began being displaced with nightcore remixes. The nightcore genre has existed for years, but the mainstream version is a catch-all term for "sped up song".
7	** In a way, the Hyperpop movement of the 2020s could be considered a spiritual successor to both of these, combining the high-energy, high-pitched sound of the previous genres with original lyrics.
8	* Music/ArcadeFire is one of these for Music/NeutralMilkHotel for some. It doesn't help that Arcade Fire signed to Merge Records ''because'' Neutral Milk Hotel was part of the label.
9	* Atmosphere's song The Waitress could be seen as a sequel to Her Music Box, with the little girl in the latter having grown up.
10	* Music/AvrilLavigne is said to be a spiritual successor to Music/AlanisMorissette: Both are young Canadian singer-songwriters who play rock music but market themselves more to pop audiences.
11	** Although before Lavigne broke out people were touting Michelle Branch as the heir to Morissette's throne; although she was successful, Branch did not achieve a fraction of the success or popularity that Morissette and Lavigne had.
12	* After Music/TheBeatles disbanded in 1970, Music/PaulMcCartney formed Music/{{Wings}}, which is more or less seen as his successor to the band.
13	* Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott's 2014 album, ''What Have We Become'', is this to the latter's years in SophistiPop band Music/TheBeautifulSouth.
14	* The soundtrack to ''Film/BeginAgain'' is pretty much the second Music/NewRadicals album we never thought we'd get. While most of the songs are performed by other artists, Gregg Alexander and Danielle Brisebois wrote or co-wrote all but one of them.
15	* Music/TheBlackCrowes broke up in 2015. Chris Robinson continued on with his side-project, The Chris Robinson Brotherhood. Younger brother Rich Robinson eventually gathered former Crowes Marc Ford and Sven Pipien, to form [[TheBandMinusTheFace The Magpie Salute]].
16	* Off! can be considered a successor to either of the two other HardcorePunk groups Keith Morris sang for, Music/BlackFlag and Circle Jerks. Aside from Morris' vocal style and the short, fast songs typical of the genre in general, there are some other connections: The band actually directly grew out of a failed Circle Jerks project - Due to a rift between members, what would have been a Circle Jerks comeback album produced by Dimitri Coats gradually turned into a new project with Keith Morris on vocals and Coats on guitar. Additionally, the band name is a play on "Black Flag" - Off! share their name with an insect repellent brand much like Black Flag shared their name with an insecticide. And finally, much like most Black Flag releases, all Off! releases thus far have had artwork drawn by Ramond Pettibon.
17	* Music/TheBlackKeys are often considered the 2010s' equivalent of The White Stripes. It helps that their names contrast each other.
18	* The Break-Up/Blakk Glass are the spiritual successor to the now-defunct fellow Seattle synthpunk band The Fitness.
19	* Music/BritneySpears is considered to be the 00's successor to Music/{{Madonna}}. Noted on her Wikipedia page, by the clear majority.
20	* Music/{{BTS}} have been compared by [[https://noisey.vice.com/en_us/article/7x95gz/seo-taiji-and-boys-pioneered-socially-conscious-k-pop-for-groups-like-bts critics and audiences alike]] to Seo Taiji & Boys, the group that [[TropeMaker created the sound that defined Kpop]] in the 90s [[note]]Lee Sooman, founder of SM Entertainment, only built the "industrialized production of idols" formula based on what teens were already listening to years after Seo Taiji's debut, so he would actually be a TropeCodifier whose work diverged greatly from what Seo Taiji & Boys did[[/note]].
21	** Both appeal to Korean youth through their narrative, both have lyrics about social and political issues (with both criticizing the Korean education system), both have self-produced music with a [[GenreRoulette mix of genres]] (including HipHop), and both are notorious for their popularity and impact on recent Korean pop music history.
22	** The parallels were especially notorious in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvjJwk1YrUI BTS' 2016 cover of Seo Taiji and Boys' "Class Idea"]], which fits neatly with BTS songs like "Not Today" or "No More Dream"- so neatly, that Suga included a verse from "No More Dream" in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cIlPIVL5G8 BTS' performance of "Class Idea" with Seo Taiji himself a year later]].
23	** Even Seo Taiji himself named BTS his successors; after inviting the group to take part in his 25th anniversary project (where BTS covered "Come Back Home") and his 25th anniversary concert, he told them "[[PassingTheTorch this is your generation now]]".
24	* Music/{{Camellia}}'s song "Can I friend you on Bassbook? Lol" is basically the prequel to Music/KnifeParty's "Internet Friends". Both songs feature Facebook (or a parody thereof) as a plot point, with the former song being about trying to add a crush only to get punched for being creepy about it, while the latter features [[EntitledToHaveYou a rant over rejected advances]], culminating in "[[IfICantHaveYou You blocked me on Facebook]], [[DisproportionateRetribution and now you're going to die]]!"
25	* Arch Enemy's early albums (''Black Earth'', ''Stigmata'', and ''Burning Bridges'') have all been described as a continuation of sorts to Music/{{Carcass}}'s sound from the time of their fourth album, ''Heartwork'' (which Arch Enemy's lead guitarist, Michael Amott, played on).
26	* Brazilian singer Daniela Mercury is considered to be this to Creator/CarmenMiranda since like her, she is of Portuguese descent and both have embraced cultural and ethnic diversity in Brazil. Though both are well-regarded samba artists, the only difference between them is that Mercury's musical style has elements of reggae and axé.
27	* Tom G. Warrior's band Triptykon is the spiritual successor to his previous band Music/CelticFrost, which in turn was the spiritual successor to Warrior and Martin Eric Ain's earlier band Hellhammer.
28	* Four out of six founding members (currently three of five) of the Swedish PowerMetal outfit Music/{{Civil War\|Band}} previously played for Music/{{Sabaton}}, and like their original band, [[HorribleHistoryMetal Civil War sings primarily about historical themes]] (though they've expanded their repertoire beyond Sabaton's focus on military history).
29	* When Music/CNBlue debuted in Korea, they were immediately noted for sharing similar success and appeal as labelmates Music/FTIsland, who had debuted about 2.5 years beforehand, as both are popular idol rock bands there. Both promote alongside each other and have moulded their own distinct sounds and success since then.
30	* Maya Vik is a spiritual successor to now-mostly dormant fellow Norwegian synth/dance pop songstress Annie.
31	* Music/DavidBowie had a couple notable instances during his career.
32	** ''Music/AladdinSane'' is this to his previous album ''Music/TheRiseAndFallOfZiggyStardustAndTheSpidersFromMars''. He wrote some of the songs for it while on the U.S. tour supporting ''Ziggy Stardust'', and keen to wean himself from the SecretIdentityIdentity issues surrounding the Ziggy persona, he came up with a Ziggy expy who was suffering a mental/emotional decline as he journeyed across America.
33	** By his own word, ''Music/LetsDance'' is one to ''Music/YoungAmericans''. Both albums are unusually mainstream-friendly by Bowie's standards, combining popular black music (soul & funk for ''Young Americans'', post-disco for ''Let's Dance'') with Bowie's trademark dark, artsy musical and lyrical undercurrents. Both albums were also major commercial successes for Bowie, with ''Young Americans'' being Bowie's BreakthroughHit in the United States and ''Let's Dance'' being the album that turned him into a household name worldwide.
34	* Decoded Feedback's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsI3eY18Fyg "Night Terror"]] (2012) is this to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoKlVa1dG2Y "Bio Vital"]] (1998), using the same key, tempo, and instrumentation.
35	* Guitarist [[Music/JerryCantrell Jerry Cantrell's]] second solo album, ''Degradation Trip'', has been described as a spiritual successor to Music/AliceInChains' ''Music/{{Dirt}}'' album.
36	** Some fans also saw Jerry's first solo album, ''Boggy Depot'', as an unofficial followup to AIC's self-titled 1995 album: Alice In Chains drummer Sean Kinney plays throughout the album, their bassist Mike Inez also appears on three songs, and the albums share a RecordProducer in Toby Wright. Additionally, the ''Boggy Depot'' tracks "Settling Down" and "Hurt a Long Time" were both originally {{cut song}}s from ''Alice In Chains''.
37	** Both Alice In Chains and Music/{{Soundgarden}} could be considered the 90's equivalent of [[Music/OzzyOsbourne Ozzy]] era Music/BlackSabbath (the latter also to Music/LedZeppelin due to Music/ChrisCornell's Robert Plant-influenced vocal style).
38	* Music/DirEnGrey is a very famous and loved Japanese VisualKei band; their sound is so strange and unclassifiable some consider them the Spiritual Successors to Music/FaithNoMore, Music/{{Converge}} and Music/TheDillingerEscapePlan. They're also regarded as the "Japanese Music/MarilynManson" due to their [[MindScrew chosen style.]]
39	* Music/{{Dismember}} can be considered one to Carnage, which had 3 out of 4 members.
40	* Music/ElectricLightOrchestra can be seen as this to Music/TheBeatles. Indeed, Music/JohnLennon once said in a 1972 [[https://www.elobeatlesforever.com/2011/10/john-lennon-on-elo-son-of-beatles.html?m=1 interview]] that he referred the band as "the son of the Beatles", along with that frontman Jeff Lynne worked with the surviving members on ''Music/TheBeatlesAnthology'' in 1994-95, not to mention that the band recorded a song for their album ''Secret Messages'' titled "Beatles Forever" when the album was originally planned to be a double album before ExecutiveMeddling from their label forced them to reduce it to a single album for costing reasons with this song among those cut. While the album's original form would ultimately be released in 2018, "Beatles Forever" remains a CutSong.
41	* Music/{{Eminem}}:
42	** Eminem has often been held up by commentators as the TurnOfTheMillennium version of Music/ElvisPresley -- both PrettyBoy [[LowerClassLout white-trash]] {{Teen Idol}}s who had complicated relationships with their mothers, whose music was surrounded by disgust and controversy for [[ShockRock graphic shock content]] seen as extreme [[ValuesDissonance for the time]]. Both were technical experts within Black music genres, innovated by fusing their Black style with white musical styles, and both crossed their genre over to the white pop mainstream. Eminem himself has commented on this, even self-declaring as "rap's Elvis", and his Slim Shady alter-ego is seen as an ElvisImpersonator in several of his music videos. These parallels, unfortunately, continued throughout Eminem's career, with him ending up a recluse in his mansion, obese, riddled with physical illness, addicted to painkillers, and dying while using the toilet... well, not quite, as Eminem survived his overdose, got clean, got in shape, and made multiple more albums. Eminem even got a song on the soundtrack of ''Film/{{Elvis\|2022}}'' called "The King And I" in which he alludes to the affinity between the two of them.
43	** Eminem is also heavily indebted to the Music/BeastieBoys, as another white rapper with a high-pitched, nasal screaming voice who garnered controversy and outrage with an over-the-top, comedic heel persona that is homophobic, misogynistic, and a rampant [[UndiscriminatingAddict drug abuser]]. On "Cum On Everybody" on ''Music/TheSlimShadyLP'', Slim describes how he picks up girls by pretending to be Mike D. ("He might be!")
44	** While ''Music/TheMarshallMathersLP'' has an official sequel (''The Marshall Mathers LP 2''), ''Kamikaze'' is the ''spiritual'' sequel to ''The Marshall Mathers LP'', due to its similarly belligerent tone, and its [[InsultComic insulting]], controversy-bait lyrical content dissing [[TakeThatCritics critics]] and popular musicians of the era (who, by 2018, were no longer Mousketeer TeenPop acts, but TrapMusic rappers and "[[AutoTune mumble-rappers]]"). Eminem has supported this reading, saying that the rather more optimistic and KinderAndCleaner ''[=MMLP2=]'' wasn't a true sequel but called that to represent its nostalgic tone, and declaring on ''Kamikaze'''s lead single that the real Slim Shady was back.
45	* Swedish synth/dream pop audiovisual group Music/{{iamamiwhoami}}, as well as Jonna Lee's solo project ionnalee, may be the spiritual successors to now-disbanded fellow Swedish act Music/TheKnife.
46	* Music/PinkFloyd's ''Music/TheFinalCut'' is seen by many to be a successor to their previous album ''Music/TheWall''. Both are concept albums dealing with pain, loss, and detachment.
47	** Also a rock musician who appears in some of the album's songs may be Pink.
48	*** ''Music/TheWall'' and ''The Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking'' were written as part of the same set of 1978 demos, and both would have been considered to be the successor to ''Music/{{Animals\|1977}}''. ''The Wall'' won. ''Music/TheFinalCut'' began as new tracks written in 1982 for the film adaptation of ''The Wall'', along with rejected songs from the album's 1979 sessions, but only "When The Tigers Broke Free" was used. It was to be released as an album called ''Spare Bricks''. It was later completed with new tracks about and a new concept about the schoolteacher from ''The Wall'' being angry about UsefulNotes/TheFalklandsWar and warmongering in general and called ''The Final Cut''. ''TPACOHH'' was renewed as Music/RogerWaters' first solo album. As a result, the albums have similar sounds and similar subject matter.
49	** Music/RogerWaters' solo album ''Music/AmusedToDeath'' has been described by some fans as on par with Music/PinkFloyd's classic albums. Executives at Roger's label apparently admitted as much to him, saying that it would have sold many more copies if it was a Pink Floyd album.
50	*** ''Amused to Death'' was actually written at first as, literally, a sequel to Waters' ''Radio K.A.O.S.'' album. Roger's objections to the first Gulf War (and its depiction by the news media as it unfurled) changed all of that.
51	* The Music/FooFighters are without a doubt the spiritual successor to Music/{{Nirvana}}. Music/DaveGrohl was a member of both bands, Pat Smear was the touring guitarist for Nirvana in 1993 and 1994, and the Foo Fighters' first album was widely stated to sound almost exactly like Nirvana.
52	** The reason for this is most of that album was recorded in 1992 when Grohl was a member of Nirvana and so was influenced by what they were doing at the time. In fact some of those songs were written for Nirvana (This Is A Call being the most obvious one). Music/KurtCobain liked Grohl's songs and wanted to use more of them (just Marigold got recorded as a B Side) but never got round to it.
53	* So many of Music/FrankZappa's albums were this to each other:
54	** ''Music/LumpyGravy'' (1968), ''Music/WereOnlyInItForTheMoney'' (1967) and ''Music/CivilizationPhazeIII'' (1993).
55	** ''Music/HotRats'' (1969), ''Music/WakaJawaka'' (1973) and ''Music/TheGrandWazoo'' (1973).
56	** ''Music/ChungasRevenge'' (1970), ''Music/FillmoreEastJune1971'' (1971), ''Film/TwoHundredMotels'' (1971) and ''Music/JustAnotherBandFromLA'' (1972)
57	** ''Music/OverNiteSensation'' (1973) and ''Music/{{Apostrophe}}'' (1974)
58	* Music/IdinaMenzel's "Let It Go", from ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen\|2013}}'', is a spiritual successor to her song "Defying Gravity" from ''Theatre/{{Wicked}}''.
59	* [[{{Industrial}} Futurepop]] act Interface is a spiritual successor to pre-GenreShift Apoptygma Berzerk. Better yet is Piston Damp, the group helmed by Jonas Groth, brother of APB frontman Stephan Groth, which sounds even closer to their classic material.
60	* Some fans consider Music/GammaRay to be the Spiritual Successor of Music/{{Helloween}}. It was founded by one of Helloween's guitarists, Kai Hansen, and Helloween [[FanonDiscontinuity absolutely did not put out a couple of really bad albums after he left.]]
61	** The same could be said about [[http://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Unisonic/3540340579 Unisonic]] as well. Formed by a former member of Helloween, Michael Kiske, also has Kai Hansen...
62	* Music/GirlsAloud are generally considered the spiritual successors to the Music/SpiceGirls, as not only did Girls Aloud have a long-running career like the Spice Girls, but Geri Halliwell was a judge on the talent show that formed them.
63	** In turn, Music/LittleMix are generally thought to be Girls Aloud's successors as well as to Music/{{Sugababes}}, since Little Mix were also formed on a talent show and straddle the lines between pop and R&B.
64	* Honey Colonna, who collaborated with {{synthwave}} artist Highway Superstar on "Minds to Rest", "Hunters", and "Dream Diary", sounds like a spiritual successor to Miami Sound Machine-era Music/GloriaEstefan.
65	* Music/HavingFunWithElvisOnStage is considered one of the worst albums ever made. It is just Elvis' stage banter, stripped of any context, without music. Of course, in the 21st century, BileFascination has evolved into a form of comedy, [[SoUnfunnyItsFunny where something is funny for not being funny]]. Because of that, there is now [[https://soundcloud.com/christopher-armes/45-minutes-of-paul-stanley 45 Minutes of Paul Stanley Stage Banter]], which is exactly what it sounds like. 45 Minutes of [[Music/{{KISS}} Paul Stanley's]] stage banter.
66	** ''Relaxation Of The Asshole'' can be considered another successor: A "comedy album" consisting entirely of [[Music/GuidedByVoices Robert Pollard]]'s stage banter at various Music/GuidedByVoices performances. And while the Paul Stanley album is naturally an unsanctioned bootleg, this was an official release.
67	* Music/{{Ingested}} was this to Age of Suffering; while multiple members of Age of Suffering (including their songwriting team) founded Ingested and took multiple Age of Suffering songs with them to the new band, WordOfGod is that Ingested was ''not'' intended to be Age of Suffering with a new name, but a completely new band entirely.
68	* iVardensphere, whose style combines neoclassical, tribal, industrial, techno, and trance elements, are potentially a spiritual successor to Juno Reactor.
69	* Music/JackWhite's solo work, unsurprisingly, feels like an extension of Music/TheWhiteStripes, of which he was a member before the band's dissolving in 2011. Just like with the White Stripes, Jack White's music is heavy blues GarageRock featuring lots of distortion and feedback, with White's distinctive vocals.
70	* Music/JohannesBrahms' first symphony was described as "[[Music/LudwigVanBeethoven Beethoven]]'s tenth" after the premiere. Such a comparison annoyed him, as he remarked "Any ass can see that".
71	* {{Grunge}} and PostHardcore can more or less be considered the spiritual successors of PostPunk. Both genres are experimental forms of AlternativeRock that use PunkRock as a starting point (with post-hardcore, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin as the name implies]], specifically rooting itself in HardcorePunk). The main difference though is that while post-punk had a relatively cult following during and after its time, grunge and post-hardcore were rather prominent in mainstream rock during the early 90's and the 2000's, respectively. Rather eerily, the bands that first come to mind when one thinks "post-punk" and "grunge" (Music/JoyDivision and Music/{{Nirvana}}, respectively) followed unusually similar histories, both being relative unknowns who achieved success from making dour, experimental music before disbanding after a surprisingly short run due to their 20-something lead singers committing suicide after a long series of personal struggles.
72	* Music/{{Juniel}} was coined the "Next Music/{{IU}}" at her Korean debut - both are KoreanPopMusic female soloists, have similar voices and play guitar (though IU doesn't officially promote with it). Their music however isn't particularly similar, with Juniel focusing on acoustic and pop rock music and IU experimenting with a larger variety from pop to swing music.
73	* Salt Ashes is seen by many fans as a spiritual successor of Music/KylieMinogue.
74	* Music/LadyGaga has been called the spiritual successor to Cyndi Lauper.
75	** And Music/{{Madonna}}. And Missing Persons' Dale Bozzio (whose hair style she admitted to copying). Many believe Gaga is just playing the system and is writing the sort of popular music whilst not taking it too seriously.
76	* Music/LambOfGod's 2012 album ''Resolution'' is considered by some to be one to Music/{{Pantera}}'s 1997 album ''The Great Southern Trendkill'' in terms of both the dark, depressing and frightening tone and style of both albums. Hell, just compare Lamb Of God's "King Me" with either Pantera's "Floods" or "10's", both styles are alike!
77	* Music/LedZeppelin is considered to be this to Music/TheYardbirds, due to the fact it originated as the New Yardbirds before it was renamed. Zeppelin recorded two unreleased Yardbirds songs, "Dazed And Confused" and "Knowing That I'm Losing You" (renamed "Tangerine"), as well as in the early days playing live versions of "The Train Kept A Rollin'", "For Your Love" and "White Summer".
78	** Page and Plant is considered to be this to Zep in addition to being the closest to a full reunion to the band.
79	* Music/LindseyStirling, whose style combine classical violin with electronic music, is potentially the spiritual successor to Music/EmilieAutumn. Both may also be successors to Anglo-Singaporean neoclassical techno-pop artist Vanessa-Mae.
80	* Music/LitaFord commented to Creator/{{NPR}}'s ''Fresh Air'' that she hears bits of her former group Music/TheRunaways, the seminal all-girl PunkRock group, in acts such as Music/{{Halestorm}}.
81	* A lot of solo musicians' careers become spiritual successors to their bands after they break up.
82	* "Major Tom (Coming Home)" is a spiritual successor to David Bowie's "Space Oddity"
83	* Groove Coverage's "Little June" was this to Music/MikeOldfield's "Moonlight Shadow", which they previously covered. Both are about [[GriefSong the murder of a loved one]], and have similar melodies.
84	* Music/MikeOldfield's 1990 album ''Amarok'' was initially conceived as a direct sequel to his 1975 album ''Ommadawn''; even after it was rebranded, Oldfield and numerous analysts described the two as sister albums, right down to the cover of ''Amarok'' recalling that of ''Ommadawn'' (''Ommadawn'' itself would later get a proper sequel, ''Return to Ommadawn'', in 2017).
85	* Holy Ghost! sound like the spiritual successors of Music/NewOrder, and were the opening band for the latter's 2013 US tour.
86	** For British bands Hot Chip could be the spiritual successor to New Order, with hybrid electronica and rock music, Peter Saville-like album covers, and catchy, if slightly non-mainstream sensibilities.
87	** Music/NewOrder is also the spiritual successor to Music/JoyDivision, the former being comprised of all the remaining members of said band except for Joy Division's lead singer, Ian Curtis, who committed suicide in 1980. Notably, when Music/JoyDivision were first nominated for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2023, they shared their nomination with Music/NewOrder.
88	* In a way, Music/NickiMinaj's "Anaconda" could be considered a spiritual sequel to Sir Mix-A-Lot's "Baby Got Back", due to the former heavily sampling the latter, as well as both songs having similar subject matter.
89	* After Music/{{Oasis}}'s split in 2009, the Gallagher brothers went in separate side projects that can be considered this for the band: Liam and the rest of the band formed Beady Eye, while Noel formed his own band Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds. Several critics view the latter as the true successor.
90	** Music/{{Oasis}} themselves is viewed as a successor to Music/TheBeatles, helped by the fact that the band themselves were fans of their work.
91	* Following Music/{{Orbital}}'s second split in 2014, Paul Hartnoll commenced the solo project 8:58, which was more or less stylistically identical. Subverted with the duo's second reunion in 2017.
92	* Aeralie Brighton, the OneWomanWail singer on the ''VideoGame/OriAndTheBlindForest'' soundtrack, may be seen/heard as a spiritual successor to Music/LisaGerrard. In fact, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yN94CpDw33I "Limitless"]], a side collaboration with ''Ori'' composer Gareth Coker, is highly reminiscent of Gerrard's work with Music/DeadCanDance.
93	** Allison Lewis, AKA Zoe Zanias, former singer of Linea Aspera and Keluar, also sounds like a successor to Gerrard and DCD.
94	* Many fans of Buckner & Garcia's ''[[Music/PacManFever1982 Pac-Man Fever]]'' consider [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wl2uM_KX_9g "Wreck-It Ralph"]] (which the band recorded for [[WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph the movie's]] soundtrack) to be this trope. In terms of theme and style, it's a perfect fit.
95	* Fans consider Music/APaleHorseNamedDeath to be this for Music/TypeONegative, especially appropriate since it was formed by an ex-member.
96	* Arthur Jeffes' ensemble Penguin Cafe is a spiritual successor to his father Simon Jeffes' Music/PenguinCafeOrchestra.
97	* Music/PorcupineTree is, according to critics and lots of fans, the spiritual successor to Music/KingCrimson. Hell, even frontmen from both bands (Music/StevenWilson and Robert Fripp respectively) agree on this!
98	** Hardly surprising, then, that Fripp actually invited Wilson to supervise the remastering of King Crimson's albums.
99	** Porcupine Tree were also labelled the spiritual successors of Music/PinkFloyd when they were still doing more psychadelic ProgressiveRock, though the band members have repeatedly contested this notion.
100	* Music/ThePostalService can be considered one to the Dntel (aka Jimmy Tamborello) song "(This Is) The Dream of Evan and Chan". The latter was originally meant to be a one-off guest appearance by [[Music/DeathCabForCutie Ben Gibbard]] for the Dntel album ''Life Is Full Of Possibilities''. Gibbard and Tamborello liked collaborating with each other, and the song was well-received, so they started The Postal Service together.
101	* IndustrialMetal/PunkRock group Lard haven't officially released anything since 2000's ''70's Rock Must Die'' EP. However, Lard can arguably be boiled down to a collaboration between [[{{Music/Ministry}} Al Jourgensen]] and [[Music/DeadKennedys Jello Biafra]], and Jello has made numerous guest appearances for Al's other projects since, whether it's providing a spoken word intro ("Ass Clown" by Ministry), or taking over on lead vocals ("Sabotage is Sex" by Ministry, "Dead End Streets" and "Viagra Culture" by Revolting Cocks, "I Don't Wanna" by Surgical Meth Machine). "Viagra Culture" arguably feels the most like a Lard song due to its [[EpicRocking nearly six minute length]] and industrial-punk-metal sound.
102	** Lard themselves can be considered a SpiritualSuccessor to the shorter-lived Pailhead: Members of Ministry collaborating with a politically outspoken HardcorePunk vocalist (in this case [[Music/MinorThreat Ian]] [[{{Music/Fugazi}} MacKaye]]) on a project that mixes elements of industrial and punk.
103	* Music/{{Queensryche}}'s album Music/PromisedLand was this this to their previous album Music/OperationMindcrime, until a direct sequel to the latter was released.
104	* Ritchie Blackmore's Music/{{Rainbow}} could be this to Gillan-era Music/DeepPurple, especially during its days with Music/RonnieJamesDio.
105	* Music/{{Rammstein}}'s song "Ohne Dich" (Without You) is this to Music/FranzSchubert's song "Wandrers Nachtlied II", which is itself a setting of a poem by Creator/JohannWolfgangvonGoethe, probably the most famous poem in the German language. In the original poem/song, the wanderer looks out peacefully across the calm forest, where even the birds are silent ("Die Vögelein schweigen im Walde".) In the Rammstein song, the forest isn't so much calm but dark, empty and lifeless, and the birds aren't so much silent as no longer singing ("Und die Vögel singen nicht mehr.") In the first song, the narrator is alone but at peace; in the second one, he's alone because he's without "you" and can't bear it.
106	* ''Heaven and Hell'' was the Music/RonnieJamesDio line up of Music/BlackSabbath when Black Sabbath returned to its original Music/{{Ozzy\| Osbourne}}-led lineup.
107	* Bryan Ferry's solo career has been more or less a contiuation of his work with Music/RoxyMusic, to the point where many compilations include both solo and Roxy Music tracks.
108	* Similarly, both PostGrunge and {{Metalcore}} have been called the SpiritualSuccessor to HairMetal for different reasons. The former for its lyrical content, near total dominance of mainstream HardRock, "poppy" hard rock nature, and abundance of same-sounding FollowTheLeader acts. As for the latter, well, just look at [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXut97F2Qew this]].
109	* When Music/SixteenHorsepower started drifting apart, the frontman and primary songwriter started recording and performing under the moniker Music/WovenHand, basically picking up exactly where his first band left off.
110	* Music/FrankSinatra's album ''Music/SongsForYoungLovers'' got a follow-up under the similar title ''Music/SongsForSwinginLovers''.
111	* A number of critics have cited the Music/StevieNicks/Lindsey Buckingham-led Music/FleetwoodMac as a spiritual successor to The Mamas and The Papas, since they were both Californian pop-rock bands with tight male-female vocal blends.
112	** In turn, [[http://www.lissie.com Lissie]] sounds like a spiritual successor to Stevie Nicks and her work with FWM.
113	* Music/SunKilMoon is the Spiritual Successor to Music/RedHousePainters. When Mark Kozelek attempted to get RHP back together in 2002, their music had changed to drastically that he considered the project a separate one and renamed it Sun Kil Moon.
114	* Music/TomWaits' ''Music/{{Swordfishtrombones}}'' was the precursor for ''Music/RainDogs'' and ''Music/FranksWildYears''. Collectively, they are known as the Frank O'Brien Trilogy.
115	* Music/TaijiSawada could be seen as this to Sid Vicious: a delinquent dropout bassist that ascended to the top of his new music scene (for Sid Vicious it was punk, for Sawada it was Visual Kei), with an aggressive style and bad-boy image that, even when he was kicked from bands, left him an iconic figure of "not selling out." In the same way, alcoholism and hard drugs would eventually ruin their lives and play large roles in both's eventual deaths, with Vicious dying of an overdose and Sawada dying post-arrest for acting out on an airplane, most likely either due to drugs or due to epilepsy subsequent to a past drug-induced stroke). The major difference between the two was that where Vicious was stereotypically "what gets stuck on bass," Sawada was actually a skilled bassist, guitarist, and composer.
116	* The Limousines had a song called "Internet Killed the Video Star", in reference to Music/{{The Buggles}} hit song, "Video Killed the Radio Star", having the same melancholy attitude of someone caught in the past as the next generation leaves them behind. While the original is more of a sorrowful {{End of an Era}} memorial, the later song is ambiguous as to whether it is a bitter {{New Media Are Evil}} message, or if it's a bittersweet passing of the torch, as the heroes of the music video are children, the next generation.
117	* This [[http://www.popmatters.com/column/123260-pour-some-sugarland-on-me-why-country-music-is-the-new-classic-rock/ PopMatters article]] makes a convincing case that modern CountryMusic, with its slick radio-friendly production and penchant for {{power ballad}}s, is the spiritual successor to ArenaRock.
118	* Both Music/ToriAmos and Music/{{Bjork}} have been considered the spiritual successors to Music/KateBush.
119	* [[Music/TenaciousD Tribute]] might very well be this to The Devil Went Down to Georgia.
120	* Music/GreenDay's concept album ''Music/TwentyFirstCenturyBreakdown'' is almost a direct sequel to their previous rock opera ''Music/AmericanIdiot''. One could go as far as to argue that this could go beyond spiritual successor, as they both take place around the same time, deal with the same basic themes, and have very similar characters.
121	** Several of the songs from Music/TwentyFirstCenturyBreakdown are featured in the American Idiot stage show.
122	* The umbrella category of "post-progressive" entails genres and artists that act as this trope to ProgressiveRock, revitalizing an artistic ethos of musical progression and innovation, but with newer influences distinctly separate from those that gave rise to "classic" prog's sound. In particular, PostRock and MathRock have been singled out as genres in the post-prog category that most distinctly act as spiritual successors to the original progressive rock movement.
123	* Chickenfoot is this for Music/VanHalen, considering half of Chickenfoot is comprised of two former Van Halen members. They musically resemble the David Lee Roth years, which is ironic, because they feature Roth's replacement Sammy Hagar on vocals.
124	* Music/WeirdAlYankovic could be seen as the spiritual successor of Music/SpikeJones.
125	* Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe and their SelfTitledAlbum was in many ways a SpiritualSuccessor to the '70s era Music/{{Yes}}, including having four of the five members of that lineup (only bassist Chris Squire was missing). Yes' ''Union'', which combined the '70s and '80s lineups, even started life as a sequel to Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe's sole studio album.
126	* The backlash against Music/JustinBieber in the 2010s is often compared by analysts (especially in hindsight) to the DiscoSucks movement in the late '70s, right down to said analysts noting an undercurrent of toxic masculinity (Bieber being more effeminate at his peak than his contemporaries and having a huge female fanbase) that paralleled the disco backlash's racist and homophobic elements (though Bieber's various legal troubles and personal controversies later in life would give the backlash against him greater ammunition). Comparisons to the backlash against Music/PhilCollins from the late '80s to the early 2010s are also frequently drawn by commentators, who note that both singers suffered from similar levels of overexposure at the height of their fame.
127	* Music/JustinTimberlake is considered to be the 2000s successor to Music/MichaelJackson, to the point where numerous songs on his solo debut were originally written for Jackson's ''Music/{{Invincible}}''. Music/{{Usher}}, Music/BrunoMars, and Music/TheWeeknd all received similar labels throughout the 21st century.
128	* Like Britney and Gaga, Music/ChristinaAguilera and Music/KatyPerry have also been referred as this to Music/{{Madonna}}.
129	* Mike Doughty's project Ghost Of Vroom was touted as a successor to Music/SoulCoughing, using more of the experimental {{sampling}} and jazz influences that were prevalent in his old band but were usually downplayed for his solo albums. The name of the group is even a Soul Coughing reference - Soul Coughing's debut was titled ''Ruby Vroom'', and they had at one point toyed with the idea of a RemixAlbum titled ''Ghost Of Vroom''.
130	* ''Songs from the Mountain'' by Dirk Powell, Tim O'Brien, and John Herrmann was inspired by ''Literature/ColdMountain'', and originally was to have been titled after it before [[ScrewedByTheLawyers much legal wrangling with the rights holders]] intervened.
131	* "Bullet Time" by Music/TomSmith is ''Film/ThePunisher2004'' as a song. Both are about cops who lose their careers and families to the local crime bosses, and become shells of their former selves as they become homicidal vigilantes.
132	* Music/MaydayParade's "Terrible Things" is frequently associated with ''VisualNovel/{{Clannad}}''. It's about a formerly HappilyMarried man telling his son about his wife who died of a terminal illness years ago.
133	* [=LeaF=]'s DisguisedHorrorStory song "[=MopeMope=]" is practically a music version of ''VideoGame/{{Eversion}}'', featuring what appears to be cute flowery scenery at first and an accompanying jingle that [[DisguisedHorrorStory suddenly]] pulls a complete 180 and turns into a hellscape of [[EldritchAbomination otherworldly horrors]] and nasty music. Both works' creators had to slap on content warnings to [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids make it extra clear that they're not suitable for kids]]. Its apperance in ''VideoGame/MuseDash'' even features the game scenery randomly "everting" between different kinds, like in early versions of ''Eversion'' World 8.
134	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E286KqzpkKw Soramafuurasaka's RPG]], despite the ''Creator/{{Nintendo}}'' inspired imagery, actually describes a typical ''Videogame/DiabloII'' session, and it also pass as one to ''WebAnimation/DiabLOL'' as well.
135	* Chilean band Criminal is often considered to be a spiritual successor to early Music/{{Sepultura}}. Singer/guitarist Anton Reisenegger was part of the same wave of underground 1980s extreme metal as them with the band Pentagram (not to be confused with the doom metal band of the same name), and he formed Criminal since his first band had trouble getting an album together despite recording several demos. When Sepultura moved away from their death/thrash roots with ''Chaos A.D.'' in 1993, Criminal's first album coincidentally came out the following year in 1994. While both bands (and by extension Music/{{Soulfly}} after Max Cavalera left Sepultura) continued to evolve their sound in similar ways, Criminal always stuck with death metal elements, while still incorporating groove and hardcore influences to create their signature sound. In layman's terms, Criminal is what Sepultura would've sounded like had they remained in death/thrash territory in their mid-period while simultaneously evolving their style similarly and turning their musicality up a notch.
136	* Music/LaineyWilson's song ''Watermelon Moonshine'' has been considered to be a spiritual successor to Deanne Carter's 1990s country hit ''Strawberry Wine''. Both songs are about women remembering their first loves during the twilight of their adolescence, named after a fruit-based spirit. Wilson would even cover snippets of ''Strawberry Wine'' during her concerts, and some radio station producers created mashups of the two songs.
137	* Music/BigTimeRush could be considered one for Music/TheMonkees. Both groups are four-man {{Boy Band}}s who were originally assembled for TV shows centered on the wacky antics they get into, both were able to establish musical success outside of their respective shows, and both ended up going on a multiple-year hiatus between the end of their shows and an eventual reunion.

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