"May As Well Be" Albums (w/Martin Popoff)

[@RickNBacker]

Rockpile only released one album under that name but many of the solo albums by Nick Lowe and Dave Edmunds were essentially Rockpile albums.

[@treff9226]

Very true.....and whenever you see the names Dave Edmunds or Nick Lowe, buy it! Both are heavyweight musicians in every sense!

[@bobfrapples1208]

True. I got Dave Edmunds D.E. 7th. on vinyl at an antique shop for 5 bucks. Great rockin' record.@@treff9226

[@bobfrapples1208]

That one and only Rockpile record is great!!

[@treff9226]

@@bobfrapples1208 Yessir! The lone Rockpile album never gets old - played it dozens and dozens of times, and the next time I do, it will sound just as good as the first! There are millions of fans who have wanted a follow up, but Dave and Nick's stellar solo careers contain massive amounts of smart, skillful rock tunes, loaded with humour and hooks!

[@curlessmania4708]

Perfect example! And those are all great records!

[@LeatherRebel75]

I saw Robert Plant and Jimmy Page on the tour for "Walking to Clarksdale." They played the single "Most High" and the title track from the album, and then pretty much the whole rest of the concert was Led Zeppelin songs. It wasn't unplugged Led Zep either, it was full on electric guitars hard rocking Led Zep (and some acoustic guitars as typical with Led Zeppelin). It was pretty much the closest I will ever get to seeing Led Zeppelin in concert, and it was incredible.

[@stephenbrown4211]

Bet they never played Stairway though.

[@LeatherRebel75]

@@stephenbrown4211 No. Jimmy Page teased the opening first couple of measures to Stairway before abruptly stopping, and then proceeding to start a different song.

[@stephenbrown4211]

@@LeatherRebel75 Stevie Nicks did that on her only UK solo tour with Rhiannon. Sang the first verse then went into another song. Took me 28 years before I actually heard her sing the whole thing

[@tomfabozzi5353]

I saw the same tour. It was amazing- particularly because they had Porl Thompson from the Cure as a rhythm guitarist, meaning songs like “The Song Remains the Same” were probably better than when Zeppelin played them (sacrilege, I know 😁)

[@DamnableReverend]

Another interesting episode. I always look forward to the Funhouse for the interesting discussion and possible new music discoveries. A gentle reminder to Martin: Please say the name of each album or band you are referring to. Some of us either can't see the video or are doing other things while we listen, and so we can't see albums or other merchandise people are holding up. Thanks!

[@quentinlang]

A couple of more examples of offshoot factions of a band with original members. Judas Priest KK's Priest Goblin Goblin Rebirth Claudio Simonetti's Goblin Goblin (Massimo Morante)

[@perfclubworks7037]

A slight variation on the theme is when the label takes a solo album from a prominent member and demands it be released under the band's title. Ian Anderson's "A" was released as a Jethro Tull album and Sandy Pearlman and Albert Bouchard collaborate on what becomes Blue Oyster Cults's ill-fated "Imaginos"

[@integrity101]

Seventh star from B S.

[@kevinthetruckdriver353]

You can put Pink Floyd's *"final cut"* into that category. For all purposes. That was a Roger Waters solo album.

[@jimmyjambhere]

Yes just like Black Sabbath Seventh Star lol shoulda been an Iommi solo

[@jeffmorcom544]

Van halen 3 same thing, pretty much an EVH solo record

[@commonman317]

It's always a good show when Martin has "piles" of stuff to talk about.

[@NotData]

Here are two more: Full Moon Fever - Tom Petty They might as well still added "and the Heartbreakers". Mike Campbell is still there and there is not much difference in the sound. Blue Jays -Justin Hayward and John Lodge This duo album pretty much maintains the trademark Moody Blues sound. Later solo albums did start to differentiate.

[@mkendra29]

The Heartbreakers are gloriously all over Wildflowers too.

[@HubertJFarnsworth]

Bob Weir’s Ace is actually a Grateful Dead album, and one of the really good ones!

[@williambaxter4628]

It's my favorite Dead album!

[@bj4505]

Another great Pardo and Popoff topic and discussion.

[@MetalJesusRocks]

Cool to hear you guys mention The Tea Party! I was OBSESSED with them in the 90s during the Edge of Twilight era.

[@KevinniveK2112]

And I think it's cool to see cross pollination of some of my favorite KZbin channels! I'd love to see you as a guest on Pete's channel talking music sometime.

[@janpoelkamp4229]

Phil Lynott’s solo albums were recorded with the then current Thin Lizzy line up. The loudest material was being released as Thin Lizzy, the more eclectic and poppy stuff was being released as Phil solo.

[@tomfabozzi5353]

I know some of them were pretty pissed off about it, too - apparently they didn’t really get paid for doing Phil’s solo stuff. He said they were just “guesting” as “friends”; so they didn’t get paid performance royalties, only session fees (if even that)! 😁🤷🏻‍♂️

[@waverlyking6045]

Back in the 1990s, Dave Mustaine had a hard rock side project named MD.45. It originally had Lee Ving from Fear as the lead singer which gave it a unique punk feel. They only put out one album entitled The Craving. Several years later, Mustaine redid the album with him doing the vocals. Once he did that, it sounded like Megadeth-lite.

[@nickvickers3486]

I remember buying the original album, never knew he redid it!

[@wernermoritz882]

Cool, need to check that out, Lee is a great singer! I never cared much for re recordings, especially in this case, really don‘t like Dave‘s vocals that much.

[@mirko1382]

Bruce Dickinson's Accident of Birth is basically an Iron Maiden album. Loudness's self-titled album is basically an EZO album.

[@steveclark9211]

Ace by Bob Weir may as well be a Grateful Dead album. The entire Grateful Dead band play on the album. All of the songs were written and sung by Bob Weir. Garcia by Jerry Garcia has only Jerry and drummer Bill Kreutzman playing on the album but it sounds like a Grateful Dead album. Another solo album by Jerry Garcia called Reflections has the entire Grateful Dead band playing on four songs.

[@wolf1977]

Really got into Weir's back catalog recently as well as Garcia's (the Merl Saunders stuff is really great). The '76 Kingfish sounds Dead-like to me as well (although no actual Dead members were harmed in the making of...). And to a lesser extent his '78 Heaven Help The Fool...Weir's Bobby Weir & Wolf Bros: Live In Colorado from last year is very good & has a wonderful mix of material on it

[@johnmichaelwilliams6694]

Popoff and Pardo are at it again with variety of subtopics on should the album just be under another name due to various considerations. Two that came to my mind were hometown boy Tom Petty's solo albums which I see other commenters have included and the Electric Light Orchestra and Jeff Lynne's ELO. But looking forward to the flip side of this next week to see the additional discussion along this vein. Thanks as always, gents, for another fun Friday show. There ya go!

[@bonscott6353]

Johnmichaelwilliams is at it again commentating that popoff and pardo are at it again, dam now im at it 😂

[@johnmichaelwilliams6694]

@@bonscott6353 Thanks….made me laugh.

[@wernermoritz882]

You need your own youtube channel.

[@billymac72]

To me, Garcia’s “Cats Under the Stars” is its own thing, but Bob Weir’s “Ace” is essentially a Dead album. Nearly every song was also in the regular Dead live rotation.

[@zeprls]

Best Joe Lynn Turner Rainbow album….. Slaves and Masters

[@kevinthetruckdriver353]

Some of my choices: *Contractual:* Barclay James Harvest - 4 members split up to form two recording/touring bands under the moniker Barclay James Harvest. Great White - Two recording/touring bands (lead vocalist & lead guitarist) with the moniker Great White. CCR (Credence Clearwater Revisted) - some of the old CCR (Credence Clearwater Revival) members wanted to continue touring as CCR. John Fogerty sued to prevent the CCR moniker to be used. *Off shoot:* Boston - While Boston (Tom Scholz) was in court with Epic (after Don't Look Back). RTZ was formed with Delp & Goudreau. Roxy Music - Bryan Ferry's solo albums during Roxy Music heyday (1970's). *Albums that should of been .....:* Album: Grey Ghost Artist: The Henry Paul Band Why: After Henry Paul left the band Outlaws. Guitarist Hughie Thomasson gave Outlaws music a harder edge. When Henry Paul returned. Outlaws return to their country rock roots. This solo album would fit into Outlaws catalog easily. Album: In the Eye of The Storm Artist: Roger Hodgson Why: This would of been the best Supertramp album before Hodgson & Davies split up. Turned out "Breakfast in America" Supertramp fans left when "....famous last words" album was released. Hardcore Supertramp fans were so disappointed in "....famous last words". They blamed Hodgson for Supertramp and ignored "In the Eye of the Storm".

[@stephenbrown4211]

Not sure if this counts but Dedication by Gary US Bonds might as well have been a Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band album with Gary as guest vocalist.

[@tomfabozzi5353]

Bruce wrote almost everything on it, didn’t he?

[@jorgemaria3624]

Always great videos with these guys,I learn always a lot

[@alternativepreacher4516]

Smashing Pumpkin's early catalog is tough to put in one category. Siamese Dream always sounded to me like a mix of shoegaze and stoner rock. But they definitely benefitted greatly from the success the Seattle's bands were having.

[@kylewoolsey6635]

The Chameleons are worth another listen, Intrigue in Tangiers and Return of the Roughnecks , Perfume Garden all great songs Give that second album another listen.

[@michaelbenz8092]

Bob Weir's Ace might as well have been a Grateful Dead album completing a trilogy with American Beauty and Workingman's Dead. Steve Hackett's Voyage of the Acolyte might as well have been a Genesis album. Calling All Stations might as well have been a Mike & the Mechanics album.

[@peterr1001]

I certainly agree about Voyage of the Acolyte, but not Calling all Stations, which falls between prog Genesis & Mike & the Mechanics.

[@justamops]

When the original lineup of Renaissance reunited (minus the late Keith Relf), they had to call themselves Illusion, after their second album, since the group who followed them was still using the name Renaissance.

[@747jono]

Awesome show, love the varied different shows every week.

[@TheProgCorner]

Yeah!!! We’re gonna have a good time…

[@Jermeister12]

I've owned the Joe Perry solo lp's since they came out😀 Ditto Fee Waybills solo lp which I love😀😀it ROCKS😀😀

[@arnaudb.7669]

Great as always.

[@jrobertheath]

The Difford and Tilbrook solo album after Sweets From A Stranger.

[@EricTJorgensen]

"Freudiana" started as an Alan Parsons Project album, and includes many of the usual people (my CD of the studio "White" album was signed by Parsons, Woolfson, and Powell), but because of legal troubles when it was expanded to theatrical (the "Black", German-language theatrical cast album), the "Project" name was dropped from the cover/spine, and it became billed as just "Freudiana". It's often listed as an uncredited (in all but the earliest copies) Project album in Project catalogs, but also as a Woolfson solo in Woolfson catalogs.

[@janpoelkamp4229]

Well worth checking out, that one!!

[@mikelehmann6256]

I always felt that Rob Halford’s solo work sounded like Judas Priest lite. Especially the later albums Rob put out. Any way great show and topic from Martin and Peter! 🤘🏼 Cheers, Mike L 😎🇨🇦✌🏼

[@MetalJesusRocks]

I really enjoy Martin Popof on these videos, but I do sometimes wish he had a better camera on his computer, especially when he shows album covers. Not a big deal, but I would gladly contribute to the Martin Popof Computer Upgrade Fund if there is one. 🤘

[@jamescorbett5729]

Lindsey Buckingham Christine McVie (2017) featuring four of the five classic members of Fleetwood Mac.

[@darrensutherland4399]

Love Pete’s face when Martin brings up The Sex Pistols 😅

[@tonyhonour665]

Steve Hackett’s Voyage of the Acolyte May as well be a Genesis album. Tony Banks is the only member of the band not performing on it.

[@Jermeister12]

HELL YEAH😀😀

[@tomfabozzi5353]

Which suggests that Tony was the one rejecting Steve’s songs?

[@monsieurlehigh4912]

Wow, Scot Lade finally on the show? Yay, that's gonna be fun! 👍

[@HuddshouseofRockNMetal]

The two Arch / Matheos albums are basically Fates Warning albums. All the musicians played with FW at one time or another.

[@Jermeister12]

Damn Good😀

[@nickbratis3326]

I love those 2 albums

[@ryanjacobson2508]

Jim really knows how to write for John's voice.....

[@michaelbaucom4019]

Kerry Livgren: Seeds of Change---could have been a Kansas album Roger Hodgson: In The Eye Of The Storm--could have been a Supertramp album Pink Floyd: The Final Cut--should actually be called " Roger Waters Presents The Final Cut, Featuring David Gilmour and Nick Mason "--it is a Roger Waters solo album

[@WarhawkBeyond2040]

ABWH to me is really a Yes album even though Chris Squire didn't play on it and it did feature four iconic members with King Crimson's Tony Levin stepping in to play bass. A solid album that had some strong material with Brother Of Mine being the best track. It may not have been Yes in name due to an ongoing dispute that was going on over the use of the name but the music is very much in the spirit of Yes.

[@two3D]

An artist not normally discussed on SOT but how many albums are Prince albums? He wrote so much music he created bands to play the songs.

[@davidsummer8631]

Robert Calvert's Captain Lockheed and the Starfighters is basically a Hawkwind concept album

[@kamranmalik8546]

Heaven and Hell - The Devil You Know it technically or kind of is a Black Sabbath album

[@wolf1977]

Actually my fave BS album (followed by Technical Ecstasy/Never Say Die). Also for me the band's 'last gasp' (Mob Rules contains a couple of good tunes)

[@takodabostwick8507]

It technical is a Black Sabbath album and some people decided to count it when ranking the Black Sabbath albums. It's around 14 for me. I still think that it's a really solid album, it's just not as good as the 3 Dio Sabbath albums. Plus I have the first 3 Tony Martin albums high up because a lot of people don't seem to give Martin a chance and as a result, making him underrated. Cross Purposes is fine, but Forbidden is very bad!

[@scottricci5063]

The Mad Season album Above sounds like an Alice In Chains album, but only bcuz Layne Staley's voice is so damn distinguishable. Same goes for Rob Halford's albums under the Halford moniker could be Judas Priest albums due to the recognizability of his voice.

[@wernermoritz882]

I have to disagree strongly about Mad Season. Doesn‘t sound like AIC to me except maybe I don‘t know anything. Different drumming and great nuances in their sound.

[@scottricci5063]

@@wernermoritz882 yep, like I stated, "but only bcuz Layne Staley's voice is so damn distinguishable."

[@irishspagetti6565]

Above is a great album, shame they never got to put out a second one

[@crumptyjackCJ]

The Justin Hayward/John Lodge album Blue Jays is an honorary Moody Blues album. The other solo albums a bit less so, but they have Moody moments.

[@corleth84]

The theme for the next show is interesting but it might be tricky in the case of bands/artists which do in fact make an effort to sound diffferent, and/or have distinct 'phases' or 'eras' in their carreers. David Bowie, Pink Floyd, or Queen, are three mainstream examples. But take the example of Japan: 'Adolescent sex' and 'Obscure Alternatives', are both musically and even aesthetically quite different, from the more electronic infused follow-ups: 'Quiet Life', 'Gentlemen Take Polaroids', and 'Tin Drum'. The Rain Tree Crow album could well be a Japan album. Some songs from David Sylvian's (solo or with Rober Fripp), Mick Karn's, Steve Jansen's, or Richard Barbieri's careers, could easily fit a Japan album, post-'Rain Tree Crow'.

[@Meat_and_Potatoes]

Tin Machine I and II might as well be Bowie solo albums.

[@pvdguitars2951]

Got to include some solo albums that could have been band releases: Michael Sweet: one sided war and Ten : as good as the best and heaviest Stryper Halford: filling in for the gap in Priest’s discography Bruce Dickinson ( with Adrian Smith) : likewise for Maiden’s dark years David Wayne: the Wayne Metal Church album is what could have been the early Metal Church after their first two albums ( even so for the Reverend releases)

[@KevinniveK2112]

29:02 Another one that could be an honorary band album: Jerry Cantrell's Boggy Depot could easily be an Alice in Chains album from that era. And then Degradation Trip could easily fit in with the William Duval era AIC albums. Brighten has a similar sound, but is a bit more on its own than those other two.

[@mannyruiz1954]

I listened to Mogg/Way.....Chocolate Box because Martin said it was a masterpiece. It's a fine, hard rock album. I like it.

[@purpletemple1]

Bowie and Tin Machine, The Dukes of Stratosphear and XTC. Tom Keifer's Band and Cinderella. Honorary albums for The Cult: Holy Barbarians (Cream) and Ian Astbury (Spirit/ Light/ Speed). Cheers.

[@ilj1259]

Martin was referring to thrash metal... As some of the songs were covered by thrash bands such as Megadeth, Motorhead...

[@bjornjagerlund3793]

Midge Ure’s solo album “the Gift” is to me an Ultravox album.

[@ChromeDestiny]

Baron Von Toll Booth and the Chrome Nun is basically the first Jefferson Starship album and two tracks have the majority of the final 70's lineup of Jefferson Airplane. I wonder what the story is with those two tracks, were they an abandoned attempt to follow up Long John Silver?

[@wolf1977]

The JS is also one of those examples of legal wrangling over use of the band name after the original band split up - and maybe one of the most confusing examples of musical chairs: Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship (Balin/Thomas & with/without Slick), Starship, Starship featuring Mickey Thomas, Jefferson Starship: The Next Generation, various 'solo' albums that sound like band records (Baron/Sunfighter/Blows). It didn't help that The Airplane actually reunited (briefly) during that time & that The Starship turned back into Jefferson Starship as well as existing as a separate entity...Their last one Mother Of The Sun (with David Freiberg) wasn't that good (to me)

[@JoelPrice253]

The Comsat Angels became Dream Command for an album.

[@aleksandarfrick2656]

Chameleons - yes , Sound - also . Two most underrated bands in UK.

[@wolf1977]

Chameleons = Possibly interesting, I gotta give it to Martin for mentioning that band/album (Strange Times) - totally new one for me. I think the "New Wave" label may have scared me off. Checking them out now - maybe the vocals could be better but the songs are pretty good. It might be a 'grower' (I do love 80's bands like The Fixx & later Jam/Sound Affects & The Gift). I could do without their Bowie cover "John, I'm Only Dancing"...From The Sound I've got Heads And Hearts (excellent), In The Hothouse (Live) & Thunder Up

[@kcewing1]

Mogg Way? I always learn about stuff that I had no idea existed from you guys. These two albums are damn good - thanks for the heads up!

[@TheVanmanderpootz]

Tom Petty's solo LPs are really Heartbreakers LPs - most of them played on them and toured the LPs anyway. The Per Gessle LP "The World According To Gessle" (1997) just sounds like Roxette but without Marie Frediksson's vocals.

[@daanthing6002]

off topic... just came home from a live show of Kanaan. Second time i saw them and they're still awesome

[@acedylan]

Blue Jays may as well be a Moody Blues record.

[@scottprentice6815]

Any of Rik Ocasek's half a dozen or so solo records may as well have been CARS albums ( especially if one was to salt in a few choice cuts from Ben Orr's solo work)

[@guessundheit6494]

Remember Box Of Frogs? It was effectively the Yardbirds, all the same members (even the guests). 4:30 - Not just "Is Grunge related to Metal?" What about Industrial? Some Metalheads say yes, some say no. And the same with Goth and Techno; some in each camp embrace Industrial, some want nothing to do with it. 7:10 - What about individual songs, not entire bands or albums? The Police's "Synchronicity II" of 1983 (sans keyboards and add a guitar solo) musically wouldn't have sounded out of place on a Judas Priest or Def Leppard album of that era (though the lyrical content is another matter). 8:10 - How about a video on bands that did HUGE changes of direction or turn from one style to another? Ambrosia would be the first the comes to mind, or Paul Weller (Jam to Style Council).

[@damiankarras]

Those Paw albums were better than most in that genre. Especially Dragline. Amazing album. Also that Agents of Oblivion is a masterpiece. Brand new Jeff Martin solo album just came out too. Amazing

[@franciskocher200]

Rick Medlocke & Blackfoot

[@frankcook3612]

Don’t get me wrong Be Bop Deluxe is one of my favorite bands.But their debut Axe Victim….while having no Spiders From Mars members…could have been called “Bill Nelson’s Tribute to the Whole Ziggy Thing.”

[@wolf1977]

They had to start somewhere but certainly more 'glammy' than what followed (but also showed prog tendencies with "Adventures in a Yorkshire Landscape", "No Trains To Heaven" & "Jets at Dawn"). Having said that I would never confuse it with a Bowie album (or a T Rex record)...BBD is also one of my all time fave bands, their debut isn't my fave BBD album but it's better than their last Drastic Plastic (and even given that DP isn't a 'bad' album, just their 'least')... When you listen to Bill Nelson's earliest/pre-BBD recordings from the late 60's/early 70's (Electrotype with Global Village & his solo Northern Dream) they sound really different - covers of Fleetwood Mac ("Long Gray Mare"), Traffic ("Dear Mr Fantasy"), blues/psyche jams, lotsa folky tunes, "Be-Bop-Bac" already sounds like BBD in it's "different" sound & quirkiness - and "Smiles" is an early 9+ minute epic already showcasing his immense guitar chops. The early demo versions of many Axe Victim tracks are interesting - "Night Creatures" is a full minute longer...There's another super early Nelson record called Astral Navigations/Lightyears Away (1970 - Nelson plays on some tracks)

[@frankcook3612]

I’ll have to check out some of the pre Be Bop Deluxe stuff.Never heard any of that.Bill Nelson is one of my favorite guitarists.

[@wolf1977]

@@frankcook3612 Mine too, my Bill Nelson playlist is close to 300 tracks deep...Have you heard any of his later 'BBD revisited' stuff with The Gentlemen Rocketeers? 2012's Live In Concert At Metropolis Studios is really good, BBD classics like "Adventures In A Yorkshire Landscape", "Ships In The Night" & "Maid In Heaven" get a new treatment. I wish he'd done more records with that band...His all-instrumental project with Reeves Gabrels from 2014 called Fantastic Guitars is also worth checking out... It's a real shame that he decided to get away from the band concept & do strictly 'background'-type solo records (and a zillion ones at that - at least 130 or so). Can't say I've heard 'em all but have listened to a lot, he'll 'bury' one or two good tunes on each record. Glad I buy/download my music a la carte so I can grab those individual tracks but honestly there's nothing on any of those solo releases as good as vintage BBD

[@Hecatecrossways]

Sammy Hagar - 9 On a 10 Scale should have been a Montrose album. It's totally different from anything in his solo catalog, even his Voice is different.

[@JoelPrice253]

Gun, Three Man Army & Baker Gurvitz Army might as well be the Gurvitz Band.

[@colinrgage]

Heard loads of good reviews of chocolate box need to give it a listen,all these odd band configurations guess you can understand why people watch tribute bands Another great show thanks

[@chutspe]

The funny thing about "Heaven & Hell" is, that it's NOT the name of the album the four of them did together. In order to represent that they should have called their ..well.. new band "Mob Rules". Or "The Mob".

[@pascaldesgagnes9033]

In the same vain as Savatage and offshoots Chris Caffery, Circle 2 Circle, Jon Oliva's Pain, Doctor Butcher... what about Helloween and offshoots Gamma Ray, and all the solo albums and side projects that sound like Helloween like Roland Grapow solo albums, Andi Deris, Iron Saviour, Masterplan, Unisonic, Kiske, etc....

[@JoelPrice253]

West Bruce & Laing might as well have been Mountain.

[@chadcassidy1580]

For being one of my very favourite bands, Queensryche is such a sad story now. All the drama and in-fighting, style changes, court case between Geoff and the band, and member changes. I think Scott is suing now for wrongful dismissal. People constantly ripping on the band cause it's not Queensryche with Chris DeGarmo. Todd's very strong political opinions all over social media, that may or may not be dividing their fan base. I know I'm not cool with that. But yeah, just soooo much drama! I try not to let it get to me anymore. How can you not deny the brilliance of Mindcrime.

[@tomfabozzi5353]

What “strong political opinions” did Todd express? All I saw was some Comments he made about being shocked to see that John Schaffer from Iced Earth (who he obviously knows very well) was involved in the January 6th/ Storming the Capitol business. I haven’t seen him get political about anything else

[@Baz63]

Re The Sweet..as they are my no.1 band the vocal harmonies the original 4 created (btw well before Queen) can not be recreated. When Brian Connolly was kicked out that was the end of the band for me. I don't mind the last surviving member Andy Scott trading on the legacy but would prefer he readopted the title 'Andy Scott's Sweet' to ensure there is no tie in with the original band.

[@13down13]

Suprised that you Pete didn't mention the Magnum/Hard Rain connection and the Tom Petty "solo" album - both of which have had extensive reviews done on this channel. Although Magnum and Hard Rain do sound a little different, they both contain the same singer and guitarist/songwriter. I can't find much difference between the Tom Petty solo albums and the Heartbreaker albums - especially the first two solo albums.

[@bigj4426]

I think on the “multiple versions due to legal reasons” you could go on for days! One of the first ones I thought of was the whole L.A. Guns situation. Also for the “might as well be the main band” you could throw some of Jack White’s stuff in there sounding like White Stripes, or maybe some of Slash’s earlier solo albums (maybe not the first one with all the signers) sound like Velvet Revolver. Side question. Did SOT ever do a show where you rated where lead singer was changed and instances where it worked and didn’t work?

[@elbib2446]

ace frehleys solo,better than many kiss albums

[@FVD]

Isn't there two Wishbone Ash lineups too?! There's also Abraxas Pool from 1997 which was essentially a Santana album without the main man!

[@justsomedude5727]

I think King Diamond might as well be Mercyful Fate and vice versa, they're fairly different but also complimentary; I see King Diamond as an "extension" of MF

[@justsomedude5727]

Another mention-Van Der Graaf and Pete Hammil albums

[@pascaldesgagnes9033]

I was going to mention Mercyful Fate and King Diamond :-)

[@keithbk]

Keats and Freudiana are both qualifiers, connected to Alan Parsons Project. Keats is comprised of the Alan Parsons musicians (no Alan), Freudiana is released as a Wolfson title, even though Alan Parsons does the production (but disagrees with the direction the album takes with some of the music).

[@chrisdietz1110]

Box of Frogs basically the Yardbirds

[@antonnee]

Yes should have split into 3 groups: Yes, No, and Maybe

[@peterspalda1077]

the two Arch/Matheos records are totally "may as well be" Fates Warning albums and besides, they wipe the floor with anything FW post-Parallels...

[@monsterisland6314]

Just a thought for a topic, if it hasn't been covered already - how about big name bands who eventually morphed into new bands and became just as big or bigger?

[@fredhaier5526]

The first David Gilmour solo album was much more guitar-oriented than Pink Floyd. It came out the year before "The Wall"--which was more guitar-oriented. I always felt that Pink Floyd albums from Meddle on were much more textured---mixing guitars, bass, keyboards and drums for a total sound. On the other hand once you get to "A Momentary Lapse of Reason"--Pink Floyd without Roger Waters. That sounds more like a David Gilmour album or Gilmour trying to write songs in the style of Pink Floyd. Not all the vocals on Pink Floyd albums were Gilmour. Waters needed Gilmour as well as Wright and Mason to create that Floyd sound. And vice versa

[@danielmcevoy976]

Would love to hear a show on when a remaster or remix is better/worse. What's the difference between a remaster and a remix?

[@Hecatecrossways]

If Aerosmith, KISS, Whitesnake, and Scorpions were considered Hair Metal. By that logic Motorhead, Judas Priest, UFO, Black Sabbath, and Gillan should definitely be included in the NWOBHM movement. It's not like there were a lot of people who would buy Heaven and Hell that hated Iron Maiden, but a lot of people that liked Judas Priest hated the Asylum album.

[@ilj1259]

The Free song "Alright Now" may as well be a Bad Company song.

[@wolf1977]

You're probably saying that tongue-in-cheek (I can't tell over the internet🤷‍♂) but of course it can't since Bad Co didn't exist yet...Like calling The Beatles' "Yesterday" a (solo) McCartney song

[@ilj1259]

​@@wolf1977I think Pete's comment about most solo artists sound similar to the bands they were in is more open for debate.😅

[@christopherhahn6728]

The Difford Tilbrook album might as well be a Squeeze album. It even has Keith Wilkinson on it.

[@JS-ik2vt]

Memoriam may as well be Bolt Thrower

[@jasoncoles1826]

Bruce Dickinson's Accident of Birth and Chemical Wedding sound very much like Maiden albums (they also had Adrian Smith on them).

[@MrZenkman]

Michael Romeo’s 2 solo albums could easily be Symphony X records. The lead singers he has chosen for his solo releases are very similar to Russell Allen.

[@sabyrk]

You forgot Bob Weir's solo debut. Everybody else in the Dead played on it!

[@AndyTempleman-ot6lu]

The Alarm and Mike Peters solo

[@markovisic7244]

Kyuss and 1000 version (Slo Burn, Unida, Che, QOTSA...)

[@NotData]

How would you categorize this one? 60s psych band The Seeds changed their style and renamed themselves Sky Saxon's Blues Band. No change in band members as far as I know.

[@cardinalsin5419]

The last two Judas Priest albums may as well be Halford band albums especially the last one

[@MartinPopoff]

Ha ha, love this - nice one.

[@bryemycaz]

I would class Buckingham McVie as the last Fleetwood Mac album. Only Stevie Nicks is missing off the recording and the only reason why it was not called Fleetwood Mac.

[@mikeb.7183]

Was Mother Love Bone grunge ? Or was it just love rock ? Like soup like nothing bad. Wasn't the Blades / Shaw record basically a Damn Yankees record Was Lulu a Metallica Album?

[@commonman317]

I have to agree with the other comments. Tom Petty is a perfect example. His solo stuff, and even the Mudcrutch stuff sounds like the Heartbreakers music.

[@aldebaran4154]

Wishbone Ash has that split band thing. Martin Turner's albums may as well be Wishbone Ash. In the touring front the band WAR split has almost all the original members playing in The Lowrider Band while only one original member is in the touring band using the name WAR. So The Lowrider Band sounds more like WAR then WAR does. 🤣

[@multi-purposebiped7419]

If you don't think there are enough albums by the classic line-up of Van Der Graaf Generator, why not enjoy the same line-up on a bunch of early Peter Hammill solo albums.