If you make a radio station on Last.fm, or on Rhapsody, they combine other like artists on the station.
Rhapsody claims these are artists who have influenced or been influenced by the named artist.
Last.fm makes no such claims.
Finding Utopia, Nazz, and Todd Rungren together is no surprise, cuz Todd is in all three.
But I was pleasantly surprised to find Was Not Was came up on a radio station named after Kid Creole and the Coconuts.
Or Randy Newman comes up on Harry Nilsson radio.
Put in the Bonzo Dog Band, and it’s no surprise that the Rutles come up. But who would have expected to find The Incredible String Band here.
No surprise to find on Captain Beefheart and Mahavishnu (because of John Mclaughlin’s great guitar work) come up on Frank Zappa radio. But would you expect Adrian Belew? Jethro Tull?