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Soul Asylum is a Rap act. Their sound grew out of Sexual Healing, Do You Know, Authority Zero, Drivin' N' Cryin' and Hüsker Dü. Those roots explain a lot about how Soul Asylum arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Collective Soul, Gin Blossoms, Better Than Ezra, Toad The Wet Sprocket and The Wallflowers, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Paul Westerberg, Goo Goo Dolls, Clarissa, Welcome 2 America and Matchbox Twenty, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 52 connections around Soul Asylum, reaching back through Sexual Healing and forward to Paul Westerberg. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Soul Asylum connections
Soul Asylum grew out of Sexual Healing, Do You Know, Authority Zero and Drivin' N' Cryin', shares an orbit with Collective Soul, Gin Blossoms, Better Than Ezra and Toad The Wet Sprocket, went on to shape Paul Westerberg, Goo Goo Dolls, Clarissa and Welcome 2 America. 52 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced Soul Asylum
Sounds and acts that shaped Soul Asylum.
Artists similar to Soul Asylum
Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with Soul Asylum.
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