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Bambara is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Nick Cave, Blink-182, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Swans and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. Those roots explain a lot about how Bambara arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Shame, Just Mustard, A Place to Bury Strangers, THUS LOVE and METZ, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Nothing, IDLES, Daughters and Foo Fighters, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 22 connections around Bambara, reaching back through Nick Cave and forward to Nothing. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Bambara is an American rock band formed in 2007 in Athens, Georgia, currently based in Brooklyn, New York. The trio consists of twin brothers Reid Bateh and Blaze Bateh (drums), and William Brookshire (bass).
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Bambara connections
Bambara grew out of Nick Cave, Blink-182, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Swans, shares an orbit with Shame, Just Mustard, A Place to Bury Strangers and THUS LOVE, went on to shape Nothing, IDLES, Daughters and Foo Fighters. 22 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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