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Courtney Love

Punk rock
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Courtney Love is a Punk rock and Rap act. Their catalogue also touches Rock. Their sound grew out of Calvin Johnson, Veruca Salt, Nirvana, The Raspberries and Daisy Chainsaw. Those roots explain a lot about how Courtney Love arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Veruca Salt, Jack Off Jill, Angelfish, Queen Adreena and Nirvana, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Pale Waves, Victoria Legrand, Fever Ray, Dead Sara and Giant Drag, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 54 connections around Courtney Love, reaching back through Calvin Johnson and forward to Pale Waves. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Courtney LoveCalvin JohnsonVeruca SaltNirvanaThe RaspberriesDaisy ChainsawEmily ArmstrongEmilie Autumn4 Non BlondesPale WavesVictoria LegrandFever RayDead SaraGiant DragQueen AdreenaBaby QueenBrody DalleVeruca SaltJack Off JillAngelfishQueen AdreenaNirvanaThe GitsDaisy ChainsawLiz Phair

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Courtney Love connections

Courtney Love grew out of Calvin Johnson, Veruca Salt, Nirvana and The Raspberries, shares an orbit with Veruca Salt, Jack Off Jill, Angelfish and Queen Adreena, went on to shape Pale Waves, Victoria Legrand, Fever Ray and Dead Sara. 54 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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