◇ image via WikipediaButch Vig
Butch Vig is a Rap act. Their sound grew out of The Who and Public Enemy. Those roots explain a lot about how Butch Vig arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Chad Smith, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Nirvana, The Smashing Pumpkins, L7, Sonic Youth and Green Day, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 23 connections around Butch Vig, reaching back through The Who and forward to Nirvana. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Butch Vig connections
Butch Vig grew out of The Who and Public Enemy, shares an orbit with Chad Smith, went on to shape Nirvana, The Smashing Pumpkins, L7 and Sonic Youth. 23 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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