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The Menzingers

The Menzingers is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Modern Baseball, The Clash, Against Me!, Pixies and The Smashing Pumpkins. Those roots explain a lot about how The Menzingers arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Gaslight Anthem, Off with Their Heads, The Wonder Years, The Bouncing Souls and Alkaline Trio, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Teenage Wrist and PUP, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 22 connections around The Menzingers, reaching back through Modern Baseball and forward to Teenage Wrist. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

The Menzingers are an American punk rock band from Scranton, Pennsylvania, formed in 2006. The band consists of Greg Barnett, Tom May, Eric Keen (bass) and Joe Godino (drums). To date, the band has released eight studio albums, with their most recent, Everything I Ever Saw, released on July 17, 2026.

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The MenzingersModern BaseballThe ClashAgainst Me!PixiesThe Smashing PumpkinsEpitaph RecordsJoyce ManorSublime with RomeTeenage WristPUPThe Gaslight AnthemOff with Their HeadsThe Wonder YearsThe Bouncing SoulsAlkaline TrioA Wilhelm ScreamJoyce ManorThe Swellers

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The Menzingers connections

The Menzingers grew out of Modern Baseball, The Clash, Against Me! and Pixies, shares an orbit with The Gaslight Anthem, Off with Their Heads, The Wonder Years and The Bouncing Souls, went on to shape Teenage Wrist and PUP. 22 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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