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Totem is a Death metal act. Their sound grew out of Cyndi Lauper, Amos Lee, Jason Mraz, Michael Jackson and Willie Nelson. Those roots explain a lot about how Totem arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Bleeding Through, Without Me, Throwdown, Chimaira and As I Lay Dying, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Altogether the chart holds 13 connections around Totem, reaching back through Cyndi Lauper. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Anoop Manoj Desai is an American singer-songwriter and actor. He began his career as the sixth place finisher on the eighth season of American Idol, after which he began writing and performing music under the pseudonym TOTEM. Since 2020, Desai has devoted his time to acting, most notably as The Djinn on the fourth and fifth seasons of What We Do In the Shadows.
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Totem connections
Totem grew out of Cyndi Lauper, Amos Lee, Jason Mraz and Michael Jackson, shares an orbit with Bleeding Through, Without Me, Throwdown and Chimaira. 13 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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