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Smashing Orange

Smashing Orange is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of My Bloody Valentine, Ride and Galaxie 500. Those roots explain a lot about how Smashing Orange arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Daydream Nation, The Belltower, The Vera Violets, Stellarium and Lower Heaven, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into The Sky Drops, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 21 connections around Smashing Orange, reaching back through My Bloody Valentine and forward to The Sky Drops. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

Smashing Orange was an American band formed in 1990. They released three albums before splitting up in the mid-1990s. Their early sound saw them classified as shoegazing.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Smashing OrangeMy Bloody ValentineRideGalaxie 500The Sky DropsDaydream NationThe BelltowerThe Vera VioletsStellariumLower HeavenExperimental AircraftThrushesCrash City Saints

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Smashing Orange connections

Smashing Orange grew out of My Bloody Valentine, Ride and Galaxie 500, shares an orbit with Daydream Nation, The Belltower, The Vera Violets and Stellarium, went on to shape The Sky Drops. 21 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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