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AJJ

AJJ is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Man Is the Bastard, Jay Reatard, The Queers, Bomb the Music Industry! and Frank Turner. Those roots explain a lot about how AJJ arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Defiance, Ohio, The Taxpayers, Bomb the Music Industry!, Jeff Rosenstock and Mal Blum, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Camp Cope, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 24 connections around AJJ, reaching back through Man Is the Bastard and forward to Camp Cope. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

AJJ is an American folk punk band from Phoenix, Arizona, originally formed in 2004 as Andrew Jackson Jihad. Their lyrics handle themes of shyness, poverty, humanity, religion, addiction, existentialism, and politics. Singer/guitarist Sean Bonnette and bassist Ben Gallaty co-founded the band, and have remained its only constant members throughout. The band has released eight studio albums to date, with their most recent, Disposable Everything, having been released on May 26, 2023.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
AJJMan Is the BastardJay ReatardThe QueersBomb the Music Indus…Frank TurnerLaura StevensonRoarJoyce ManorCamp CopeDefiance, OhioThe TaxpayersBomb the Music Indus…Jeff RosenstockMal BlumThe Front BottomsKimya DawsonAmigo The Devil

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AJJ connections

AJJ grew out of Man Is the Bastard, Jay Reatard, The Queers and Bomb the Music Industry!, shares an orbit with Defiance, Ohio, The Taxpayers, Bomb the Music Industry! and Jeff Rosenstock, went on to shape Camp Cope. 24 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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