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Death from Above 1979

Punk rock
Punk rock

Death from Above 1979 is a Punk rock act. Their sound grew out of The Nation of Ulysses, MSTRKRFT, Paul Epworth, Sonic Youth and The Blood Brothers. Those roots explain a lot about how Death from Above 1979 arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Minus the Bear, METZ, Demob Happy, The Rapture and Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into No Hay Igual, Queens of the Stone Age, Bloc Party, Paul Epworth and Eagles of Death Metal, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 31 connections around Death from Above 1979, reaching back through The Nation of Ulysses and forward to No Hay Igual. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Death from Above 1979The Nation of UlyssesMSTRKRFTPaul EpworthSonic YouthThe Blood BrothersAC/DCNo Hay IgualQueens of the Stone …Bloc PartyPaul EpworthEagles of Death MetalBlack Rebel Motorcyc…Billy TalentHolleradoMinus the BearMETZDemob HappyThe RaptureBlack Rebel Motorcyc…The BraveryBand of SkullsThe Kills

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Death from Above 1979 connections

Death from Above 1979 grew out of The Nation of Ulysses, MSTRKRFT, Paul Epworth and Sonic Youth, shares an orbit with Minus the Bear, METZ, Demob Happy and The Rapture, went on to shape No Hay Igual, Queens of the Stone Age, Bloc Party and Paul Epworth. 31 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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