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The Teen Idles is a Hardcore punk act. Their sound grew out of The Clash, The Damned, The Cramps, Bad Brains and The Untouchables. Those roots explain a lot about how The Teen Idles arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Minor Threat, Circle Jerks, Reagan Youth, The Faith and Scream, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Minor Threat and Zack de la Rocha, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 20 connections around The Teen Idles, reaching back through The Clash and forward to Minor Threat. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
The Teen Idles were an American hardcore punk band formed in Washington, D.C., in September 1979. Consisting of teenagers Nathan Strejcek, Geordie Grindle, Ian MacKaye and Jeff Nelson, they recorded two demo sessions and the 1980 Minor Disturbance EP before breaking up in November 1980. The influential independent record label Dischord Records was created with the sole purpose of releasing The Teen Idles Minor Disturbance 7" record. They were an early landmark in the D.C. hardcore movement, and MacKaye and Nelson would later form the seminal punk rock outfit Minor Threat.
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The Teen Idles grew out of The Clash, The Damned, The Cramps and Bad Brains, shares an orbit with Minor Threat, Circle Jerks, Reagan Youth and The Faith, went on to shape Minor Threat and Zack de la Rocha. 20 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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