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Murder By Death is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Caspian, The Cure, Iron Maiden and Prince. Those roots explain a lot about how Murder By Death arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Cursive, Minus the Bear, The Weakerthans, Pedro the Lion and Ugly Casanova, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into The American Analog Set, Lucero, The Weakerthans, My Chemical Romance and Gerard Way, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 44 connections around Murder By Death, reaching back through Caspian and forward to The American Analog Set. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Murder by Death is an American six-piece indie rock band from Bloomington, Indiana. Their name is derived from the 1976 Robert Moore film of the same name.
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Murder By Death connections
Murder By Death grew out of Caspian, The Cure, Iron Maiden and Prince, shares an orbit with Cursive, Minus the Bear, The Weakerthans and Pedro the Lion, went on to shape The American Analog Set, Lucero, The Weakerthans and My Chemical Romance. 44 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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