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Throwing Muses

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, Liz Phair and Sleater-Kinney, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Belly, Sleater-Kinney, The Breeders, Pixies and Blake Babies, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 26 connections around Throwing Muses, reaching back through New Order and forward to Belly. 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 MusesNew OrderBellySleater-KinneyThe BreedersPixiesBlake BabiesDirty ThreeBellyBlake BabiesFrank BlackLiz PhairSleater-KinneyThe LemonheadsElasticaThe Wedding Present

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Throwing Muses connections

Throwing Muses grew out of New Order, shares an orbit with Belly, Blake Babies, Frank Black and Liz Phair, went on to shape Belly, Sleater-Kinney, The Breeders and Pixies. 26 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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