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10,000 Maniacs

10,000 Maniacs is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of James Taylor, Cat Stevens, Linda Ronstadt, Roxy Music and Tom Waits. Those roots explain a lot about how 10,000 Maniacs arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Toad The Wet Sprocket, Throwing Muses, R.E.M., Concrete Blonde and Sheryl Crow, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Sixpence None the Richer, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 30 connections around 10,000 Maniacs, reaching back through James Taylor and forward to Sixpence None the Richer. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

10,000 Maniacs is an American alternative rock band founded in 1981. They have released nine studio albums, six EPs, and five live albums. They achieved their most significant success between 1987 and 1993, when they released four albums that charted in the top 50 in the US: In My Tribe (1987), Blind Man's Zoo (1989), Our Time in Eden (1992), and the live album MTV Unplugged (1993). After the recording of MTV Unplugged, original lead singer and songwriter Natalie Merchant left the band to pursue a solo career, while the remaining members continued the band.

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10,000 ManiacsJames TaylorCat StevensLinda RonstadtRoxy MusicTom WaitsJackson BrowneSixpence None the Ri…Toad The Wet SprocketThrowing MusesR.E.M.Concrete BlondeSheryl CrowWorld PartyLiz PhairBeth Orton

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10,000 Maniacs connections

10,000 Maniacs grew out of James Taylor, Cat Stevens, Linda Ronstadt and Roxy Music, shares an orbit with Toad The Wet Sprocket, Throwing Muses, R.E.M. and Concrete Blonde, went on to shape Sixpence None the Richer. 30 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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