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Have a Nice Life

Punk rock
Punk rock

Have a Nice Life is a Punk rock act. Their sound grew out of New Order, Joy Division, Earth, Planning for Burial and Kraftwerk. Those roots explain a lot about how Have a Nice Life arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Giles Corey, Black Wing, Planning for Burial, LSD and the Search for God and Slowdive, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Giles Corey, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 36 connections around Have a Nice Life, reaching back through New Order and forward to Giles Corey. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Have a Nice Life is an American rock band founded in Middletown, Connecticut in 2000 by Dan Barrett and Tim Macuga.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Have a Nice LifeNew OrderJoy DivisionEarthPlanning for BurialKraftwerkSwansNine Inch NailsXasthurGiles CoreyGiles CoreyBlack WingPlanning for BurialLSD and the Search f…SlowdiveA Silver Mt. ZionDrowseGodspeed You! Black …

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Have a Nice Life grew out of New Order, Joy Division, Earth and Planning for Burial, shares an orbit with Giles Corey, Black Wing, Planning for Burial and LSD and the Search for God, went on to shape Giles Corey. 36 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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