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Kim Deal

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Kim Deal is a Rap act. Their sound grew out of Neil Young, Hüsker Dü, Peter, Paul and Mary, AC/DC and Led Zeppelin. Those roots explain a lot about how Kim Deal arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Throwing Muses, Bob Mould, King Hannah, Frank Black and Tunde Adebimpe, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Kurt Cobain, Fever Ray, Belly, Courtney Barnett and Robert Pollard, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 53 connections around Kim Deal, reaching back through Neil Young 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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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Kim DealNeil YoungHüsker DüPeter, Paul and MaryAC/DCLed ZeppelinRoger MillerJames Blood UlmerThe UndertonesKurt CobainFever RayBellyCourtney BarnettRobert PollardRóisín MurphyBryce DessnerGuided by VoicesThrowing MusesBob MouldKing HannahFrank BlackTunde AdebimpeHamilton LeithauserPixiesHorsegirl

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Kim Deal connections

Kim Deal grew out of Neil Young, Hüsker Dü, Peter, Paul and Mary and AC/DC, shares an orbit with Throwing Muses, Bob Mould, King Hannah and Frank Black, went on to shape Kurt Cobain, Fever Ray, Belly and Courtney Barnett. 53 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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