◇ image via WikipediaViolent Femmes
Violent Femmes is a Rap act. Their sound grew out of Talking Heads, Flogging Molly, The Pretenders, T. Rex and BoDeans. Those roots explain a lot about how Violent Femmes arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Pixies, Cracker, Frank Black, Camper Van Beethoven and Oingo Boingo, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Pixies, Bowling for Soup, Harley Poe, Trixie Mattel and Louise Attaque, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 51 connections around Violent Femmes, reaching back through Talking Heads and forward to Pixies. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Violent Femmes connections
Violent Femmes grew out of Talking Heads, Flogging Molly, The Pretenders and T. Rex, shares an orbit with Pixies, Cracker, Frank Black and Camper Van Beethoven, went on to shape Pixies, Bowling for Soup, Harley Poe and Trixie Mattel. 51 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced Violent Femmes
Sounds and acts that shaped Violent Femmes.
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