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Moss Icon

Hardcore punk
Hardcore punk

Moss Icon is a Hardcore punk act. Their sound grew out of Joy Division. Those roots explain a lot about how Moss Icon arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Gray Matter, Heroin, Portraits of Past, I Hate Myself and Dag Nasty, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Born Against, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 12 connections around Moss Icon, reaching back through Joy Division and forward to Born Against. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Moss Icon is an American post-hardcore band from Annapolis, Maryland, formed in late 1986. Its original lineup consisted of vocalist Jonathan Vance, guitarist Tonie Joy, bassist Monica DiGialleonardo, and drummer Mark Laurence. Alex Badertscher joined as the second guitarist in 1990. Moss Icon is considered to be an early influence on the hardcore punk splinter genre known as post-hardcore, as well as on the eventual development of emo. However, the band members themselves have repeatedly denied knowingly contributing to the latter genre in any way.

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Moss IconJoy DivisionBorn AgainstGray MatterHeroinPortraits of PastI Hate MyselfDag NastyBraidFugaziThe Blood Brothers

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Moss Icon connections

Moss Icon grew out of Joy Division, shares an orbit with Gray Matter, Heroin, Portraits of Past and I Hate Myself, went on to shape Born Against. 12 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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