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Stabbing Westward is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Freak of Nature, Skull Snaps, Depeche Mode, Killing Joke and The The. Those roots explain a lot about how Stabbing Westward arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Dreaming, Filter, Machines of Loving Grace, Vast and Pitchshifter, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Orgy, Berlin, The Dreaming, t.A.T.u. and Machines of Loving Grace, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 34 connections around Stabbing Westward, reaching back through Freak of Nature and forward to Orgy. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Stabbing Westward is an American industrial rock band. Christopher Hall and Walter Flakus formed the band in 1985 in Macomb, Illinois. The band released an extended play in 1992, followed by four studio albums: Ungod (1994), Wither Blister Burn & Peel (1996), Darkest Days (1998), and Stabbing Westward (2001). The band announced a dissolution in February 2002. Two compilation albums were later released in 2003. Stabbing Westward reunited in 2016 to celebrate the 30th anniversary of its formation and continued to perform live shows. The band's first new album in 21 years, Chasing Ghosts, was released in 2022.
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Stabbing Westward connections
Stabbing Westward grew out of Freak of Nature, Skull Snaps, Depeche Mode and Killing Joke, shares an orbit with The Dreaming, Filter, Machines of Loving Grace and Vast, went on to shape Orgy, Berlin, The Dreaming and t.A.T.u.. 34 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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