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Nada Surf

Rap
Rap

Nada Surf is a Rap act. Their sound grew out of The Long Winters, The Cars, Blonde Redhead, The Fuzztones and Weezer. Those roots explain a lot about how Nada Surf arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as We Are Scientists, Superdrag, Buffalo Tom, The Lemonheads and The Long Winters, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into The Long Winters, Ron Gallo, Rogue Wave, Aimee Mann and boygenius, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 47 connections around Nada Surf, reaching back through The Long Winters and forward to The Long Winters. 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
Nada SurfThe Long WintersThe CarsBlonde RedheadThe FuzztonesWeezerSuperdragDepeche ModeKate BushThe Long WintersRon GalloRogue WaveAimee MannboygeniusPom Pom SquadNicole AtkinsPencey PrepWe Are ScientistsSuperdragBuffalo TomThe LemonheadsThe Long WintersSuperchunkThe New PornographersThe Thermals

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Nada Surf connections

Nada Surf grew out of The Long Winters, The Cars, Blonde Redhead and The Fuzztones, shares an orbit with We Are Scientists, Superdrag, Buffalo Tom and The Lemonheads, went on to shape The Long Winters, Ron Gallo, Rogue Wave and Aimee Mann. 47 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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