This came out of a get together we had a couple of years ago, where we were playing songs and trying to stump each other with songs we hadn’t heard, or hadn’t heard for a long time. We ended up playing songs from the same artist that were radically different such that you might not think they were the same band; hence the Jekyll & Hyde.
I thought this might make an interesting playlist, contrasting the various sounds & styles of a band. Some bands have gone through radical membership transformations over time, to the point that they’re really not the same band (e.g. Fleetwood Mac), so I’ve not included those. My criteria was pretty simple: if you had not heard of these bands or songs before, upon first listening, would you think they were the same band? I know that the voice of the lead singer(s) could be a giveaway, but this is all in fun, so what the heck!
Have a listen, and perhaps there are a couple of surprises for you.