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JJ72 is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Nirvana, Mudhoney and Joy Division. Those roots explain a lot about how JJ72 arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Ash, Placebo, Manic Street Preachers, Ocean Colour Scene and Hard-Fi, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into U2, My Vitriol, The Dandy Warhols, Coldplay and Embrace, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 21 connections around JJ72, reaching back through Nirvana and forward to U2. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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JJ72 connections
JJ72 grew out of Nirvana, Mudhoney and Joy Division, shares an orbit with Ash, Placebo, Manic Street Preachers and Ocean Colour Scene, went on to shape U2, My Vitriol, The Dandy Warhols and Coldplay. 21 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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