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The Brobecks

The Brobecks is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Sparks, The Flaming Lips, Talking Heads, Built to Spill and David Bowie. Those roots explain a lot about how The Brobecks arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as I DONT KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME, The Young Veins, The Hush Sound, Miniature Tigers and The Hoosiers, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Panic! at the Disco and I DONT KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 30 connections around The Brobecks, reaching back through Sparks and forward to Panic! at the Disco. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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The BrobecksSparksThe Flaming LipsTalking HeadsBuilt to SpillDavid BowieQueenElvis CostelloWeezerPanic! at the DiscoI DONT KNOW HOW BUT …I DONT KNOW HOW BUT …The Young VeinsThe Hush SoundMiniature TigersThe HoosiersThe Academy Is...Jukebox the GhostCobra Starship

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The Brobecks connections

The Brobecks grew out of Sparks, The Flaming Lips, Talking Heads and Built to Spill, shares an orbit with I DONT KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME, The Young Veins, The Hush Sound and Miniature Tigers, went on to shape Panic! at the Disco and I DONT KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME. 30 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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