◇ image via WikipediaHerman Brood
Herman Brood is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Take the "A" Train, Jan Akkerman, Nina Hagen, The Kinks and The Cars. Those roots explain a lot about how Herman Brood arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as De Dijk, Normaal, Krezip, Racoon and Mink DeVille, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Frank Black, U2 and Black Francis, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 21 connections around Herman Brood, reaching back through Take the "A" Train and forward to Frank Black. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Hermanus "Herman" Brood was a Dutch musician, painter, actor and poet. As a musician he achieved artistic and commercial success in the 1970s and 1980s, and was called "the greatest and only Dutch rock 'n' roll star". Later in life he started a successful career as a painter.
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Herman Brood grew out of Take the "A" Train, Jan Akkerman, Nina Hagen and The Kinks, shares an orbit with De Dijk, Normaal, Krezip and Racoon, went on to shape Frank Black, U2 and Black Francis. 21 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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