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So What

Alternative rock
Alternative rock

So What is a Alternative rock act. Their sound grew out of Miles Davis, Johnny Kidd & The Pirates, Crass, The Cure and Ministry. Those roots explain a lot about how So What arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as RubberBand, Permission to Dance, Life Goes On and Boy with Luv, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Metallica, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 19 connections around So What, reaching back through Miles Davis and forward to Metallica. 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
So WhatMiles DavisJohnny Kidd & The Pi…CrassThe CureMinistryGilbert O'SullivanAnti-Nowhere LeagueJohn CaleMetallicaRubberBandPermission to DanceLife Goes OnBoy with Luv

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So What grew out of Miles Davis, Johnny Kidd & The Pirates, Crass and The Cure, shares an orbit with RubberBand, Permission to Dance, Life Goes On and Boy with Luv, went on to shape Metallica. 19 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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