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The Airborne Toxic Event

The Airborne Toxic Event is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of The Strokes, Interpol, Arcade Fire and In the Valley Below. Those roots explain a lot about how The Airborne Toxic Event arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Killers, Grouplove, Blue October, Sir Sly and Atlas Genius, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Dreamers and U2, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 29 connections around The Airborne Toxic Event, reaching back through The Strokes and forward to Dreamers. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

The Airborne Toxic Event is an American rock band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 2006. It consists of Mikel Jollett, Steven Chen, Adrian Rodriguez, Daren Taylor (drums), and Miriam "Mimi" Peschet. Anna Bulbrook and Noah Harmon were formerly members of the band.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
The Airborne Toxic EventThe StrokesInterpolArcade FireIn the Valley BelowDreamersU2The KillersGrouploveBlue OctoberSir SlyAtlas GeniusThe Joy FormidableAWOLNATIONThe Bravery

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The Airborne Toxic Event connections

The Airborne Toxic Event grew out of The Strokes, Interpol, Arcade Fire and In the Valley Below, shares an orbit with The Killers, Grouplove, Blue October and Sir Sly, went on to shape Dreamers and U2. 29 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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