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Sleater-Kinney is a Indie rock act. Their sound grew out of Siouxsie and the Banshees, Kids in America, Heatmiser, Heavens to Betsy and St. Vincent. Those roots explain a lot about how Sleater-Kinney arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Le Tigre, Screaming Females, X-Ray Spex, Liz Phair and The Gits, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks, Unwound, Wild Flag, Helium and The Go-Betweens, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 52 connections around Sleater-Kinney, reaching back through Siouxsie and the Banshees and forward to Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Sleater-Kinney connections
Sleater-Kinney grew out of Siouxsie and the Banshees, Kids in America, Heatmiser and Heavens to Betsy, shares an orbit with Le Tigre, Screaming Females, X-Ray Spex and Liz Phair, went on to shape Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks, Unwound, Wild Flag and Helium. 52 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced Sleater-Kinney
Sounds and acts that shaped Sleater-Kinney.
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Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with Sleater-Kinney.
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- Screaming Femalesartist
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- Liz Phairartist
- The Gitsartist
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- St. Vincentartist
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- The Bethsartist
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Bands Sleater-Kinney shaped
Where the influence of Sleater-Kinney travelled next.
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- Unwoundartist
- Wild Flagartist
- Heliumartist
- The Go-Betweensartist
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