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Daydream Nation is a Rap act. Their sound grew out of Led Zeppelin, David Bowie, Mike Watt, Joni Mitchell and Public Enemy. Those roots explain a lot about how Daydream Nation arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Ether Aura, The Vera Violets, Isobella, Experimental Aircraft and Smashing Orange, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Minutemen, Hüsker Dü and Nirvana, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 25 connections around Daydream Nation, reaching back through Led Zeppelin and forward to Minutemen. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Daydream Nation is the fifth studio album by American alternative rock band Sonic Youth, released on October 18, 1988. The band recorded the album between July and August 1988 at Greene St. Recording in New York City, and it was released by Enigma Records as a double album. It would be the band's only release on Enigma, as they would sign with Geffen Records for their next album.
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Daydream Nation connections
Daydream Nation grew out of Led Zeppelin, David Bowie, Mike Watt and Joni Mitchell, shares an orbit with Ether Aura, The Vera Violets, Isobella and Experimental Aircraft, went on to shape Minutemen, Hüsker Dü and Nirvana. 25 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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