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Mike Mills is a Rap act. Their sound grew out of James Jamerson, Tom Morello, Larry Mullen Jr., Queen and ZZ Top. Those roots explain a lot about how Mike Mills arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Paul Smith, Nothing but Thieves and Afghan Whigs, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Indigo Girls, Peter Buck, Darius Rucker and Warren Zevon, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 22 connections around Mike Mills, reaching back through James Jamerson and forward to Indigo Girls. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Mike Mills connections
Mike Mills grew out of James Jamerson, Tom Morello, Larry Mullen Jr. and Queen, shares an orbit with Paul Smith, Nothing but Thieves and Afghan Whigs, went on to shape Indigo Girls, Peter Buck, Darius Rucker and Warren Zevon. 22 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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