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Pretty Girls Make Graves is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of The Smiths, Sharks Keep Moving and Hot Hot Heat. Those roots explain a lot about how Pretty Girls Make Graves arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Cursive, Les Savy Fav, Minus the Bear, Rainer Maria and No Knife, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Altogether the chart holds 25 connections around Pretty Girls Make Graves, reaching back through The Smiths. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Pretty Girls Make Graves is a post-hardcore band formed in Seattle in 2001, named after The Smiths' song of the same name. Andrea Zollo and Derek Fudesco had played together previously in The Hookers, as well as The Death Wish Kids and Area 51 along with Dann Gallucci, with whom Derek had formed Murder City Devils. Not long before the Murder City Devils disbanded, Derek and Andrea formed Pretty Girls Make Graves along with Jay, Nick and Nathan. They played the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in 2004. The band announced its split on January 29, 2007, with their final two shows taking place in Seattle that June.
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Pretty Girls Make Graves connections
Pretty Girls Make Graves grew out of The Smiths, Sharks Keep Moving and Hot Hot Heat, shares an orbit with Cursive, Les Savy Fav, Minus the Bear and Rainer Maria. 25 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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