◇ image via WikipediaMichael Stipe
Michael Stipe is a Rap act. Their sound grew out of Natalie Merchant, Larry Mullen Jr., Indigo Girls, Placebo 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 Mystery Jets, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 51 connections around Michael Stipe, reaching back through Natalie Merchant 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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Michael Stipe connections
Michael Stipe grew out of Natalie Merchant, Larry Mullen Jr., Indigo Girls and Placebo, 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. 51 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced Michael Stipe
Sounds and acts that shaped Michael Stipe.
Artists similar to Michael Stipe
Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with Michael Stipe.
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