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Black Flag is a Hardcore punk and Punk rock act. Their sound grew out of The Doors, Black Sabbath, Sex Pistols, The Velvet Underground and The Clash. Those roots explain a lot about how Black Flag arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Circle Jerks, Minor Threat, The Teen Idles, Reagan Youth and Gang Green, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into The Offspring, My Chemical Romance, Sum 41, Foo Fighters and Goo Goo Dolls, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 110 connections around Black Flag, reaching back through The Doors and forward to The Offspring. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Black Flag connections
Black Flag grew out of The Doors, Black Sabbath, Sex Pistols and The Velvet Underground, shares an orbit with Circle Jerks, Minor Threat, The Teen Idles and Reagan Youth, went on to shape The Offspring, My Chemical Romance, Sum 41 and Foo Fighters. 110 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced Black Flag
Sounds and acts that shaped Black Flag.
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Artists similar to Black Flag
Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with Black Flag.
Bands Black Flag shaped
Where the influence of Black Flag travelled next.
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