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Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

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Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds is a Rap act. Their sound grew out of Johnny Cash, John Lee Hooker, PJ Harvey, Kylie Minogue and Blind Lemon Jefferson. Those roots explain a lot about how Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as PJ Harvey, Mark Lanegan, The Cure, Mick Harvey and R.E.M., sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into The Duke Spirit, Garage Inc., Metallica, Laura Marling and Where the Wild Roses Grow, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 43 connections around Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, reaching back through Johnny Cash and forward to The Duke Spirit. 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
Nick Cave and the Bad SeedsJohnny CashJohn Lee HookerPJ HarveyKylie MinogueBlind Lemon JeffersonSongs of Love and HateIn the GhettoVisageThe Duke SpiritGarage Inc.MetallicaLaura MarlingWhere the Wild Roses…MagazineAthleteAmerican III: Solita…PJ HarveyMark LaneganThe CureMick HarveyR.E.M.The SmileMorphineNew Model Army

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Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds connections

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds grew out of Johnny Cash, John Lee Hooker, PJ Harvey and Kylie Minogue, shares an orbit with PJ Harvey, Mark Lanegan, The Cure and Mick Harvey, went on to shape The Duke Spirit, Garage Inc., Metallica and Laura Marling. 43 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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