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Broken Social Scene

Broken Social Scene is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Big Sugar, Tom Cochrane, Generationals, The Weakerthans and Land of Talk. Those roots explain a lot about how Broken Social Scene arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Kevin Drew, Stars, Do Make Say Think, Wolf Parade and The New Pornographers, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Metric, Feist, Stars, Do Make Say Think and Lorde, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 38 connections around Broken Social Scene, reaching back through Big Sugar and forward to Metric. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

Broken Social Scene is a Canadian indie rock band and musical collective including as few as six and as many as nineteen members, formed by Kevin Drew and Brendan Canning in 1999. Alongside Drew and Canning, the other core members of the band are Justin Peroff (drums), Andrew Whiteman (guitar) and Charles Spearin (guitar). Other longtime members and collaborators include Evan Cranley, Sam Goldberg (guitar), James Shaw and David French. Vocalists Leslie Feist, Emily Haines, Amy Millan, Lisa Lobsinger and Ariel Engle have made significant contributions to the band's studio albums and live performances across its career.

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Broken Social SceneBig SugarTom CochraneGenerationalsThe WeakerthansLand of TalkMetricFeistStarsDo Make Say ThinkLordeTV on the RadioVitamin String QuartetSurfer BloodKevin DrewStarsDo Make Say ThinkWolf ParadeThe New PornographersYo La TengoRatboyDestroyer

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Broken Social Scene connections

Broken Social Scene grew out of Big Sugar, Tom Cochrane, Generationals and The Weakerthans, shares an orbit with Kevin Drew, Stars, Do Make Say Think and Wolf Parade, went on to shape Metric, Feist, Stars and Do Make Say Think. 38 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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