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Babes in Toyland

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Babes in Toyland is a Rap act. Their sound grew out of Sonic Youth, Daisy Chainsaw, The Peel Session and Lee Ranaldo. Those roots explain a lot about how Babes in Toyland arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Jack Off Jill, Veruca Salt, The Muffs, The Gits and Daisy Chainsaw, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Jack Off Jill, Hole, Bikini Kill, SugarComa and Giant Drag, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 34 connections around Babes in Toyland, reaching back through Sonic Youth and forward to Jack Off Jill. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Babes in ToylandSonic YouthDaisy ChainsawThe Peel SessionLee RanaldoJack Off JillHoleBikini KillSugarComaGiant DragBrody DalleJoan JettKim GordonJack Off JillVeruca SaltThe MuffsThe GitsDaisy ChainsawQueen AdreenaSleater-KinneyMommy Long Legs

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Babes in Toyland connections

Babes in Toyland grew out of Sonic Youth, Daisy Chainsaw, The Peel Session and Lee Ranaldo, shares an orbit with Jack Off Jill, Veruca Salt, The Muffs and The Gits, went on to shape Jack Off Jill, Hole, Bikini Kill and SugarComa. 34 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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