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The Raincoats

Punk rock
Punk rock

The Raincoats is a Punk rock act. Their sound grew out of The Kinks, Bikini Kill, Public Image Ltd., The Velvet Underground and Soft Machine. Those roots explain a lot about how The Raincoats arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Slits, Au Pairs, Young Marble Giants, The Pop Group and Mission of Burma, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Kathleen Hanna, Gossip, Nirvana, Sonic Youth and Red Krayola, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 39 connections around The Raincoats, reaching back through The Kinks and forward to Kathleen Hanna. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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The RaincoatsThe KinksBikini KillPublic Image Ltd.The Velvet UndergroundSoft MachineThis HeatNirvanaSonic YouthKathleen HannaGossipNirvanaSonic YouthRed KrayolaDeerhunterBeth DittoThurston MooreThe SlitsAu PairsYoung Marble GiantsThe Pop GroupMission of BurmaX-Ray SpexWireThis Heat

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The Raincoats connections

The Raincoats grew out of The Kinks, Bikini Kill, Public Image Ltd. and The Velvet Underground, shares an orbit with The Slits, Au Pairs, Young Marble Giants and The Pop Group, went on to shape Kathleen Hanna, Gossip, Nirvana and Sonic Youth. 39 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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