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Niagara is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of MC5, The Stooges and Deakin. Those roots explain a lot about how Niagara arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Les Rita Mitsouko, Étienne Daho, Eddy Mitchell, Francis Cabrel and Axel Bauer, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Debbie Harry, Iggy Pop, Ron Asheton and Lou Reed, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 18 connections around Niagara, reaching back through MC5 and forward to Debbie Harry. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Niagara, born Lynn Rovner in Detroit, Michigan in 1955, is a painter and musician. She was the lead vocalist of the proto-punk rock bands Destroy All Monsters (DAM) and Dark Carnival. Her painting derives principally from the Lowbrow art movement.
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Niagara connections
Niagara grew out of MC5, The Stooges and Deakin, shares an orbit with Les Rita Mitsouko, Étienne Daho, Eddy Mitchell and Francis Cabrel, went on to shape Debbie Harry, Iggy Pop, Ron Asheton and Lou Reed. 18 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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