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Bad Books is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Manchester Orchestra, The Everly Brothers, Right Away, Great Captain! and Built to Spill. Those roots explain a lot about how Bad Books arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as All Get Out, Margot & the Nuclear So and So's, Blind Pilot, The Airborne Toxic Event and Colour Revolt, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Right Away, Great Captain!, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 22 connections around Bad Books, reaching back through Manchester Orchestra and forward to Right Away, Great Captain!. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Bad Books connections
Bad Books grew out of Manchester Orchestra, The Everly Brothers, Right Away, Great Captain! and Built to Spill, shares an orbit with All Get Out, Margot & the Nuclear So and So's, Blind Pilot and The Airborne Toxic Event, went on to shape Right Away, Great Captain!. 22 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced Bad Books
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