◇ image via WikipediaAmerican Nightmare
American Nightmare is a Hardcore punk act. Their sound grew out of Cat Power, Avail, Jawbreaker, The Smiths and Joy Division. Those roots explain a lot about how American Nightmare arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as 108, Ceremony, Trapped Under Ice, Unbroken and Bane, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Terror and Defeater, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 24 connections around American Nightmare, reaching back through Cat Power and forward to Terror. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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American Nightmare connections
American Nightmare grew out of Cat Power, Avail, Jawbreaker and The Smiths, shares an orbit with 108, Ceremony, Trapped Under Ice and Unbroken, went on to shape Terror and Defeater. 24 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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