Is Bright Eyes the center
of the music universe?
With at least 17 bands or artists directly connected to them (I didn’t include
several for lack of space), it appears they hold quite a bit of weight. Oh Conor
Oberst, we salute you. Turn the page to see just how many connections there
are between this indie mainstay and other musicians.
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Alex Turner
Zach Dawes
Michael Shuman
Dean Fertita
Josh Homme
Samantha Maloney
Melissa Auf der Mar
Courtney Love (widow of Nirvana’s Kurt Cobain)
Dave Groehl
John Paul Jones
Nate Mendel
William Goldsmith
Nick Harmer
Ben Gibbard (ex-husband of She & Him’s Zooey
Deschanel)
Jenny Lewis
Jim James
Danielle Haim
Este Haim
Fabrizio Moretti
Josiah Steinbrick
Brian Joseph Burton
James Mercer
Richard Swift
Eric D. Johnson
Joe Plummer
Johnny Marr
Dann Gallucci
Nicholas Thornburn
Jessica Dobson
Regina Spektor (married to Jack Dishel of The Moldy
Peaches, toured with 31)
Kaoru Ishibashi
Ray Suen
Bryan Pool
Laura Carter
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Robbie Cucchiaro
Jeff Mangum
Jeremy Barnes
Kelly Pratt
Tim Kingsbury
Dante DeCaro
Jon Natchez
Michael Tapper
Ben Lanz
Scott Davendorf
Brian Davendorf
Dave Nelson
Dallas Green
Jack White
Mary Timony
Janet Weiss
Carrie Brownstein
Fred Armisen (who stars in Portlandia with 51)
Jenny Conlee (who was featured in Portlandia
with 51)
Mark Ibold
Rachel Blumberg
Colin Meloy
John Moen
Peter Buck
Jeff Tweedy, Glenn Kotche,
John Stirratt, Jay Bennett, Leroy Bach
Jim O’Rourke
Jim Sclavunos
63. Steve Shelley
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Nick White
Mike Mogis
Nate Walcott
Nick Zinner
Kevin Barnes