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Throwing Muses is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of New Order. Those roots explain a lot about how Throwing Muses arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Belly, Blake Babies, Frank Black, Bob Mould and Liz Phair, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Pixies, Belly, Dirty Three, Sleater-Kinney and The Breeders, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 31 connections around Throwing Muses, reaching back through New Order and forward to Pixies. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Throwing Muses are an American alternative rock band formed in 1981 in Newport, Rhode Island that toured and recorded extensively until 1997, when its members began concentrating more on other projects.
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Throwing Muses connections
Throwing Muses grew out of New Order, shares an orbit with Belly, Blake Babies, Frank Black and Bob Mould, went on to shape Pixies, Belly, Dirty Three and Sleater-Kinney. 31 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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