Six Degrees of Pitchfork.com Band Names

There is a lot of duplication in band names these days, so I decided to map out some the names of bands and artists and see where they intersect. It's kind of like six degrees of separation for band names, but in chart form. I tried to use mostly current indie artists, but I ended up including some older names to make some good connections. My only rule was that all the band names used had to come up with at least one search result on Pitchfork.com (which is more restrictive than it sounds). You can find the chart and further explanation after the jump.

The chart consists of 62 words and 54 band or artist names comprised of 1-3 of those words. The words are collected into five groups. All the words within a group are connected to each other by forming a band or artist name.

The arrows connecting the words show the direction in which the name should be read. A thick line around a word indicates a single word band name. A dotted arrow between words indicates that the band name is formed by three words.

Here are all 54 band or artist names included in the chart and separated by group:

Deer Group

1.   Deerhunter

2.   Deerhoof

3.   Deer Tick

Grizzly Group

4.   Grizzly Bear

5.   Little Grizzly

6.   Little Dragon

7.   Little Brother

8.   Blood Brothers

9.   Surfer Blood

10. Butthole Surfers

11. Nada Surf

12. Bloodhound Gang

13. Gang Starr

14. Stars

15. Big Star

16. Big Bad Voodoo Daddy

17. Bad Seeds

18. Bad Religion

19. Big Daddy Kane

20. Trick Daddy

21. Cheap Trick

22. BlackStar

23. Black Lips

24. Flaming Lips

25. Black Keys

26. Alicia Keys

27. Black Eyes

28. Frog Eyes

29. Bright Eyes

30. Wolf Eyes

31. Sea Wolf

32. Wolf Parade

33. Black Kids

34. Getup Kids

35. Coldwar Kids

36. Cool Kids

37. Kool and the Gang

Neon Group
38. Neon Indian
39. Neon Trees
40. Indian Jewelry
41. Nite Jewel
42. Three Dog Night
43. Dr. Dog
44. Three Six Mafia
45. Six Organs of Admittance

Girl Group
46. Brazilian Girls
47. Girls
48. Girl Talk
49. Talking Heads
50. Futureheads
51. Future of the Left

Beach Group
52. Beach Fossils
53. Beach House
54. Crowded House



Here's the chart (click to expand):

And here's a link to a really awesome infograph about the Beatles. that is a million times better than the cheap chart that I made.