Pixies + Foo Fighters: the Core Relation

Two endpoints. 4 steps. Where would you dig next?

Gil Norton produced Pixies’ Doolittle and Foo Fighters’ The Colour and the Shape.

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Pixies → Doolittle → Gil Norton → The Colour and the Shape → Foo Fighters

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This is a documented route; other or shorter paths may exist.

Three more rabbit holes

Nirvana to Pixies in four steps, through the recording desk.

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Steve Albini recorded In Utero and Surfer Rosa.

Nirvana → In Utero → Steve Albini → Surfer Rosa → Pixies

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Foo Fighters to an emo landmark: follow the bass.

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Foo Fighters bassist Nate Mendel also played on Sunny Day Real Estate’s Diary.

Foo Fighters → Nate Mendel → Diary → Sunny Day Real Estate

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Foo Fighters and One Headlight meet at the keyboards.

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Rami Jaffee links Foo Fighters to the Wallflowers’ Bringing Down the Horse.

Foo Fighters → Rami Jaffee → Bringing Down the Horse → The Wallflowers

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Find a different route

Open Find, choose Pixies and Foo Fighters and explore the graph. This is one documented route; the finder may offer a shorter one. Follow a person, a record or a place that catches your ear.

Spot a missing credit or a better source? Open the relevant entry and contribute what you can document. A cover, sample, shared city and shared stage mean different things; the source should support the exact relationship.

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