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Jandek is a Blues and Folk act. Their sound grew out of Quasi and John McEntire. Those roots explain a lot about how Jandek arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band, Daniel Johnston, Nico, The Angels of Light and Tim Buckley, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Kurt Cobain, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 18 connections around Jandek, reaching back through Quasi and forward to Kurt Cobain. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Jandek grew out of Quasi and John McEntire, shares an orbit with Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band, Daniel Johnston, Nico and The Angels of Light, went on to shape Kurt Cobain. 18 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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