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No wave

No wave is a genre. No wave grew out of Post-punk, Noise rock and Noise. Its influence carried into Noise rock, Industrial, Alternative dance, Post-punk revival and Dance-punk, which took the template somewhere else. The chart currently maps 9 connections around No wave. Open any neighbouring band or genre to trace where No wave came from and where it led.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
No wavePost-punkNoise rockNoiseNoise rockIndustrialAlternative dancePost-punk revivalDance-punkIndie rock

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No wave connections

No wave grew out of Post-punk, Noise rock and Noise, went on to shape Noise rock, Industrial, Alternative dance and Post-punk revival. 9 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

What influenced No wave

Roots3

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What No wave shaped

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