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Bob Mould

Punk rock
Punk rock

Bob Mould is a Punk rock act. Their sound grew out of Paisley Park, Soul Asylum, Ramones, Richard Thompson and The Smashing Pumpkins. Those roots explain a lot about how Bob Mould arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Sugar, Buffalo Tom, Superchunk, Paul Westerberg and Craig Finn, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Foo Fighters, Pixies, Daniel Johnston, Grant Lee Buffalo and Moby, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 48 connections around Bob Mould, reaching back through Paisley Park and forward to Foo Fighters. 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
Bob MouldPaisley ParkSoul AsylumRamonesRichard ThompsonThe Smashing PumpkinsFugaziFoo FightersPixiesDaniel JohnstonGrant Lee BuffaloMobyMorphineR. Stevie MooreInterpolSugarBuffalo TomSuperchunkPaul WesterbergCraig FinnThrowing MusesThe Hold SteadyThe Lemonheads

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Bob Mould connections

Bob Mould grew out of Paisley Park, Soul Asylum, Ramones and Richard Thompson, shares an orbit with Sugar, Buffalo Tom, Superchunk and Paul Westerberg, went on to shape Foo Fighters, Pixies, Daniel Johnston and Grant Lee Buffalo. 48 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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