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The Cardigans is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Liz Phair, Kent, Dimitri from Paris, Kleerup and Talking Heads. Those roots explain a lot about how The Cardigans arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Sundays, Garbage, The Cranberries, Black Box Recorder and Sheryl Crow, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Peyton, What Happened to the Heart?, Athena, The Hellacopters and Teenage Dream, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 42 connections around The Cardigans, reaching back through Liz Phair and forward to Peyton. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
The Cardigans are a Swedish rock band formed in Jönköping, Sweden in 1992. The main lineup of the band consisted of guitarist Peter Svensson, bassist Magnus Sveningsson, drummer Bengt Lagerberg, keyboardist Lars-Olof Johansson and lead singer Nina Persson. Post-hiatus shows since 2012 have been with Oskar Humlebo on guitar instead of Svensson.
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The Cardigans connections
The Cardigans grew out of Liz Phair, Kent, Dimitri from Paris and Kleerup, shares an orbit with The Sundays, Garbage, The Cranberries and Black Box Recorder, went on to shape Peyton, What Happened to the Heart?, Athena and The Hellacopters. 42 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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