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Dead Kennedys

Hardcore punk
Hardcore punkPunk rock

Dead Kennedys is a Hardcore punk and Punk rock act. Their sound grew out of Buzzcocks, Mano Negra, Sonny Curtis, Anti-Pasti and Los Saicos. Those roots explain a lot about how Dead Kennedys arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Minor Threat, Circle Jerks, Reagan Youth, D.I. and Bad Religion, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into D.O.A., Nomeansno, José González, Doll Skin and Matthew Good, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 51 connections around Dead Kennedys, reaching back through Buzzcocks and forward to D.O.A.. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Dead KennedysBuzzcocksMano NegraSonny CurtisAnti-PastiLos SaicosReagan YouthBlack Monk TimeMilking the Sacred CowD.O.A.NomeansnoJosé GonzálezDoll SkinMatthew GoodRed Hot Chili PeppersMayhemThe OffspringMinor ThreatCircle JerksReagan YouthD.I.Bad ReligionThe Dead MilkmenChoking VictimThe Vandals

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Dead Kennedys connections

Dead Kennedys grew out of Buzzcocks, Mano Negra, Sonny Curtis and Anti-Pasti, shares an orbit with Minor Threat, Circle Jerks, Reagan Youth and D.I., went on to shape D.O.A., Nomeansno, José González and Doll Skin. 51 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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