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Brainiac is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of The Amps. Those roots explain a lot about how Brainiac arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as This Heat, Rapeman and Fugazi, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Girls Against Boys, Nine Inch Nails, Death Cab for Cutie, Matt Bellamy and Muse, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 18 connections around Brainiac, reaching back through The Amps and forward to Girls Against Boys. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Brainiac connections
Brainiac grew out of The Amps, shares an orbit with This Heat, Rapeman and Fugazi, went on to shape Girls Against Boys, Nine Inch Nails, Death Cab for Cutie and Matt Bellamy. 18 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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