Throwing Muses

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Throwing Muses is an influential American alternative rock band formed in the early 1980s, known for their unconventional song structures and the songwriting of Kristin Hersh.

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Throwing Muses canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American alternative rock band
musical group
activePeriod 1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
associatedAct 50 Foot Wave ONNED1
Belly ONNED1
Kristin Hersh NERFINISHED
Pixies NERFINISHED
Tanya Donelly NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
formedIn 1981
early 1980s
genre alternative rock
college rock
indie rock
post-punk
hasInfluenceOn alternative rock music scene
hasMember Bernard Georges NERFINISHED
David Narcizo ONNED1
Fred Abong ONNED1
Kristin Hersh NERFINISHED
Leslie Langston NERFINISHED
Tanya Donelly NERFINISHED
knownFor songwriting of Kristin Hersh
unconventional song structures
languageOfWork English
locationOfFormation Newport, Rhode Island NERFINISHED
Rhode Island NERFINISHED
United States ONNED1
notableCharacteristic abrupt dynamic changes
emotionally intense lyrics
shifting time signatures
notableWork House Tornado ONNED1
Hunkpapa ONNED1
Limbo ONNED1
Purgatory / Paradise ONNED1
Red Heaven ONNED1
Sun Racket ONNED1
The Real Ramona ONNED1
Throwing Muses (1986 album) ONNED1
Throwing Muses (2003 album) NERFINISHED
University
recordLabel 4AD ONNED1
Rykodisc ONNED1
Sire Records
Throwing Music ONNED1

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The Breeders associatedBand Throwing Muses
4AD notableArtist Throwing Muses