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Michael Stipe

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Michael Stipe is a Rap act. Their sound grew out of Larry Mullen Jr., Natalie Merchant, Placebo, Indigo Girls and Miguel Bosé. Those roots explain a lot about how Michael Stipe arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as R.E.M., Toad The Wet Sprocket, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, dEUS and Afghan Whigs, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Kurt Cobain, Nirvana, Thom Yorke, Radiohead and How to Disappear Completely, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 47 connections around Michael Stipe, reaching back through Larry Mullen Jr. 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
Michael StipeLarry Mullen Jr.Natalie MerchantPlaceboIndigo GirlsMiguel BoséBrian MolkoPatti SmithRamonesKurt CobainNirvanaThom YorkeRadioheadHow to Disappear Com…SpacehogMaria TaylorUtah SaintsR.E.M.Toad The Wet SprocketNick Cave & the Bad …dEUSAfghan WhigsBrandon FlowersFrank BlackCrash Test Dummies

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Michael Stipe connections

Michael Stipe grew out of Larry Mullen Jr., Natalie Merchant, Placebo and Indigo Girls, shares an orbit with R.E.M., Toad The Wet Sprocket, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds and dEUS, went on to shape Kurt Cobain, Nirvana, Thom Yorke and Radiohead. 47 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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