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The Germs is a Punk rock act. Their sound grew out of Joan Jett, Iggy Pop, David Bowie, Ramones and The Runaways. Those roots explain a lot about how The Germs arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Circle Jerks, Minor Threat, The Teen Idles, Reagan Youth and Dead Boys, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into The Offspring, Bad Religion, Foo Fighters, Rich Kids on LSD and Corrosion of Conformity, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 41 connections around The Germs, reaching back through Joan Jett and forward to The Offspring. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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The Germs connections
The Germs grew out of Joan Jett, Iggy Pop, David Bowie and Ramones, shares an orbit with Circle Jerks, Minor Threat, The Teen Idles and Reagan Youth, went on to shape The Offspring, Bad Religion, Foo Fighters and Rich Kids on LSD. 41 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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