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Nirvana brought the Pacific Northwest's underground rock into a much wider audience through Nevermind in 1991. The band's music combined punk intensity with memorable pop melodies, connecting rough guitar sounds to...
View background statusDebaser is listed on Pixies's Doolittle. This is recording/album context, not a claimed personal songwriting inspiration.
Read background and sourcesDisintegration appears on The Cure's Disintegration. This is an album-context identification, not an inferred explanation of personal motivation.
Read background and sourcesFascination Street appears on The Cure's Disintegration. This is an album-context identification, not an inferred explanation of personal motivation.
Read background and sourcesHere Comes Your Man is listed on Pixies's Doolittle. This is recording/album context, not a claimed personal songwriting inspiration.
Read background and sourcesInspired by a cabin near Athens, Georgia where the band used to party and write music.
View background statusThe Cure are a rock group associated with Robert Smith's distinctive singing and a balance of melancholy atmosphere and accessible melodies. Their guitar-driven post-punk beginnings developed into more layered...
View background statusLullaby appears on The Cure's Disintegration. This is an album-context identification, not an inferred explanation of personal motivation.
Read background and sourcesMonkey Gone to Heaven is listed on Pixies's Doolittle. This is recording/album context, not a claimed personal songwriting inspiration.
Read background and sourcesPictures of You appears on The Cure's Disintegration. This is an album-context identification, not an inferred explanation of personal motivation.
Read background and sourcesPlainsong appears on The Cure's Disintegration. This is an album-context identification, not an inferred explanation of personal motivation.
Read background and sourcesThe song was inspired by the band's experiences with love and the music scene in Los Angeles.
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Alternative Rock 300Morrissey moved from his role as singer and lyricist in the Smiths to a solo recording career in 1988. Early solo songs such as Everyday Is Like Sunday and later singles including The More You Ignore Me, the Closer I...
View background statusWave of Mutilation is listed on Pixies's Doolittle. This is recording/album context, not a claimed personal songwriting inspiration.
Read background and sources1960-2025. Each year contains 150 selections.