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Billy Corgan

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RapRockSynth-pop

Billy Corgan is a Rap and Rock act. Their catalogue also touches Synth-pop. Their sound grew out of The Cure, New Order, Yungchen Lhamo, Surfer Rosa and Kevin Shields. Those roots explain a lot about how Billy Corgan arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Frank Black and the Catholics, Frank Black, Vast, R.E.M. and Pixies, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Cherie Currie, Breaking Benjamin, Amy Shark, Blindside and Madina Lake, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 52 connections around Billy Corgan, reaching back through The Cure and forward to Cherie Currie. 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
Billy CorganThe CureNew OrderYungchen LhamoSurfer RosaKevin ShieldsEmilie AutumnJohnny WinterJeff BeckCherie CurrieBreaking BenjaminAmy SharkBlindsideMadina LakeMarilyn MansonFrank Black and the …Frank BlackVastR.E.M.PixiesPlaceboGarbageAsh

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Billy Corgan connections

Billy Corgan grew out of The Cure, New Order, Yungchen Lhamo and Surfer Rosa, shares an orbit with Frank Black and the Catholics, Frank Black, Vast and R.E.M., went on to shape Cherie Currie, Breaking Benjamin, Amy Shark and Blindside. 52 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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