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The Locust is a Hardcore punk act. Their sound grew out of The Nation of Ulysses, Fantômas, Brainiac, Nick Zinner and Drive Like Jehu. Those roots explain a lot about how The Locust arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Some Girls, Daughters, Melt-Banana and Converge, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into The Hold Steady, Reverend Kristin Michael Hayter, Melt-Banana, Pathology and Alec Empire, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 19 connections around The Locust, reaching back through The Nation of Ulysses and forward to The Hold Steady. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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The Locust connections
The Locust grew out of The Nation of Ulysses, Fantômas, Brainiac and Nick Zinner, shares an orbit with Some Girls, Daughters, Melt-Banana and Converge, went on to shape The Hold Steady, Reverend Kristin Michael Hayter, Melt-Banana and Pathology. 19 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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