Try this!

[lizard]

http://www.musicplasma.com/
type in a band name and it purports to tell you other bands close to it in style, and outwards in concentric orbits :Spin:

 

[Nate The Great]

Hmmm . . . Void of Silence is similar to Fountains of Wayne. I'll have to check them out!

 

[lizard]

 

[Hell Mike]

Kinda sucks, since it only shows well known acts it doesn't really help me... Nice idea though and working fairly well when you type in Exodus or something like that

 

[Nate The Great]

As long as you don't get too far undergroung it is pretty cool. Agalloch, Burzum, and so on all show up.

 

[lizard]

I decided to try silliness and typed in "One Inch Man" and some of my results were:

Danny Elfman
Nine Inch Nails
Finch
Sinch
Human League
Joss Stone
Los Lonely Boys
Jesse Winchester

 

[lizard]

haha Lurch70:

"no results found for Lurch70"

 

[NAD]

I like Isis, so it said listen to Earth Crisis. No, I don't like Earth Crisis.

Whoa Ulver brings up a shitload of bands.

Searching for The Melvins reminds me I still need to check out the Secret Chiefs.

Donna Summer brought up Barbara Streisand. Fuck that.

 

[Hell Mike]

As long as you don't get too far undergroung it is pretty cool. Agalloch, Burzum, and so on all show up.

Tell me what new bands you get from typing in Burzum.

 

[Profanity]

It looks too complicated to figure out.

 

[Demilich]

Seeing Bathory linked to Porcupine Tree, however indirectly, was funny and sad.

 

[Demonspell]

It somehow linked King Crimson to Norah Jones in less than five steps. We have a...winner?

 

[Demilich]

Agalloch to Avril Lavigne in 3 steps! Owned!

 

[MajestikMøøse]

I found Deströyer 666 on there when I typed it in, but the connections were minimal

 

[Lies and Perfidy]

Why does Judas Priest grow out of Iron Maiden?! REVISIONIST BASTARDS!

Pretty cool. Would be nice if someone could do something metal-specific like this with a lot more obscure bands.