◇ image via WikipediaRobert Pollard
Robert Pollard is a Indie rock act. Their sound grew out of Kim Deal, Wire and The High Strung. Those roots explain a lot about how Robert Pollard arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Guided by Voices, Superchunk, Stephen Malkmus, The Folk Implosion and Paul Westerberg, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Kind of Like Spitting, Guided by Voices and Pete Yorn, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 18 connections around Robert Pollard, reaching back through Kim Deal and forward to Kind of Like Spitting. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Robert Pollard connections
Robert Pollard grew out of Kim Deal, Wire and The High Strung, shares an orbit with Guided by Voices, Superchunk, Stephen Malkmus and The Folk Implosion, went on to shape Kind of Like Spitting, Guided by Voices and Pete Yorn. 18 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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