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Jay Reatard is a Garage rock act. Their sound grew out of Born Ruffians, Black Monk Time, The Monks, Rocket from the Crypt and Nirvana. Those roots explain a lot about how Jay Reatard arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Ty Segall, Black Lips, Harlem, Parquet Courts and Titus Andronicus, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Deerhunter, White Lies, Twin Peaks, The Orwells and AJJ, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 19 connections around Jay Reatard, reaching back through Born Ruffians and forward to Deerhunter. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Jay Reatard connections
Jay Reatard grew out of Born Ruffians, Black Monk Time, The Monks and Rocket from the Crypt, shares an orbit with Ty Segall, Black Lips, Harlem and Parquet Courts, went on to shape Deerhunter, White Lies, Twin Peaks and The Orwells. 19 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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