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Musicians who nearly joined Black Sabbath

Rick Wakeman - During the making of the band's 1973 studio album Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, the band briefly contemplated asking then keyboardist for Yes to join the band after enjoying both his company and his work on Sabbra Cadabra but ultimately decided against it because a keyboardist wouldn't ​really fit in with the heavy sound they wanted and there probably wouldn't be enough for him to do

Robert Plant - He was at one point considered for the lead singer spot after Ronnie James Dio left for the first time

David Coverdale - He was at one point considered for the lead singer spot after Ronnie James Dio left for the first time

Michael Bolton - He may or may not have tried to replace Ronnie James Dio in the early 1980s - Tony Iommi says he remembered receiving a demo tape from Michael Bolton at that time but Michael Bolton has denied it (though he was originally more of a hard rock singer and his old band Blackjack once opened for Ozzy Osbourne). Geezer Butler claims Tony Iommi must have been joking

Ginger Baker - When the band couldn't come to terms with Bill Ward before recording the band's 2013 studio album 13, Rick Rubin suggested the drummer from Cream replace him. The band quickly shot that down though. They settled on Brad Wilk from Rage Against the Machine

Musicians who nearly joined AC/DC

Steven Adler - He was going to join in 1990 after Simon Wright left but the offer was withdrawn after Axl Rose revealed onstage exactly why he was fired from Guns N' Roses

The Darkness songs that sound like other artists

Street Spirit (Fade Out) - a dark alternative rock song originally performed by Radiohead turned into Iron Maiden-esque heavy metal by the guys

Open Fire - The Cult. The band noticed the lead riff sounded like it could be by early Cult and them being fans decided to run with it

Korn songs that sound like other artists

Some songs are different and out of their usual genre/style

While much of their music from the band's 2002 studio album Untouchables on already had some electronic influences, the entirety of the band's 2011 studio album The Path of Totality was a very distinct genre mashup of metal and dubstep. The dubstep influences would carry over into a few songs on their more traditional follow up, the band's 2013 studio album The Paradigm Shift, though they've yet to do another experimental album like this

Pearl Jam songs that sound like other artists

A few songs are deliberate attempts to imitate other artists

Soon Forget - The Who (Pete Townshend is even thanked on the lyric sheet)

Sirens - Pink Floyd

Dirty Frank - a style parody of Red Hot Chili Peppers, particularly, Give it Away (and it also contains a line which parodies Isaac Hayes' Theme from Shaft)

Black - Mike McCready has also said that the outro lead parts of the song were him "attempting to be Stevie Ray Vaughan and a pretty poor attempt at that"

Nickelback songs that sound like other artists

Some songs are different and out of their usual genre/style -

She Keeps Me Up - This song is a disco song. The track being co-written by John Ramsay helps explain the sudden experimentation

Incubus songs that sound like other artists

Some songs are different and out of their usual genre/style -

Magic Medicine - The band's 1997 studio album S.C.I.E.N.C.E. is a pretty genre busting album as it is but its' sixth track, this song, is a drum 'n' bass track completely unlike anything else on the album

Foo Fighters songs that sound like other artists

Dear Rosemary - As if Husker Du wasn't enough an influence, Dave Grohl invited Bob Mould to play in this song as he was intentionally trying to evoke his band

No Son of Mine - Dave Grohl also said this song is him doing his best attempt at a Motorhead song

Some songs are also different and out of their usual genre/style -

Everlong - While this song is one of their biggest hits, it is not really representative of their usual style, as it is a fairly straightforward 1990s emo song

Cartoon characters you love to hate

Scrappy-Doo (Scooby-Doo)

Aku (Samurai Jack)

Meg Griffin (Family Guy)

Squidward Tentacles (SpongeBob SquarePants)

Azula (Avatar: The Last Airbender)

Randall J. Weems (Recess)

Helga G. Pataki (Hey Arnold!)

D.W. Read (Arthur)

Earl of Lemongrab (Adventure Time)

Angelica Pickles (Rugrats)

Others worth mentioning -

Gayle (Bob's Burgers)

Bill Cipher (Gravity Falls)

Vicky (The Fairly OddParents)

Mojo Jojo (The Powerpuff Girls)

Uncle Ruckus (The Boondocks)

Lenny Kravitz songs that sound like other artists

A lot of his early hits are this -

Let Love Rule - John Lennon

Are You Gonna Go My Way - Jimi Hendrix

It Ain't Over 'til It's Over - soul ballads of the 1970s, especially sounding a lot like Earth, Wind and Fire's That's the Way of the World

Expected albums from famous rock bands that were never released

Times when rock bands/musicians performed an album live in its entirety from beginning to end

Rock musicians who nearly joined other bands

Famous rock bands that went a lengthy period without touring despite not officially disbanding

Rock bands/musicians that rarely or never toured outside of their home country or continent

Best producers of rock and metal

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Best rock double albums

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Rock guitarists that are instantly recognizable by tone

Favorite indie rock guitarists

Rock bands/musicians that rarely and/or never used guitar solos

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