There used to be, several years ago, a "band link machine" thing on the Epitaph Records site. Basically, a huge database of "These guys played on this record by this band, and this guy who also played in this band on another record played in this band, blah blah blah..." Basically, you could enter two band names - ANY two band names, as long as someone had done an entry linking them to the database - and see how they were connected. Like, what the connection between Fugazi and Slayer was (surprisingly short link, BTW). I wish I knew where to find this, now - anyone with some programming skillz feeling ambitious?

For that matter, someone figure out the shortest link between Fugazi and Slayer - IIRC, it has something to do with Buckethead.

Dammit this is a good idea

I can't get any farther than the Ian Mackaye/Minor Threat/Black Flag connections. I have no idea where BucketHead comes into play

http://www.bandtoband.com/

I remember that, I think Carina posted the link to the actual website and it was hilarious to see how Darkthrone linked to Of Montreal.

Do you mean this? http://www.bandtoband.com/index.php

God dammit. I got beat.

Hmm. this site appears to be extremely awful. Great idea though.

That's similar if not the same page to what I was talking aboot, yeah.

The link this site comes up with is:


Minor Threat
Complete Discography
1990
Line-up #2
1.
Brian Baker
Bad Religion
The Process Of Belief
2002
2.
Greg Hetson
White Flag
Desperate Teenage Lovedolls
1984
3.
Bill Bartell
Sawed Off
You'll Be Taken Care Of
1993
4.
Roger Osborne
Fantômas
s/t
1999
5.
Dave Lombardo
Slayer
Seasons In The Abyss
1990

But the Epitaph site had a better one. The thing is, Minor Threat links seriously everybody with everybody, because Brian Baker and Lyle Preslar went on to play in just about every '80s hardcore band, ever, at one point or another.

Oh, I was totally incorrect about Buckethead - I was thinking of Pailhead, which is Ian MacAye playing with Ministry. Which, of course, leads to LARD (Jello playing with Ministry), and to tons of West Coast bands.

Minor Threat to Jimi Hendrix:


Minor Threat
20 Years Of Dischord
2002
1.
Ian MacKaye
Pailhead
Trait
1988
2.
William Rieflin
Slow Music
Live At The Croc
2006
3.
Robert Fripp
King Crimson
Larks' Tongues In Aspic
1973
4.
Bill Bruford
Yes
Union
1991
5.
Alan White
John & Yoko/Plastic Ono Band
Some Time In New York City
1972
Line-up #1
6.
Eric Clapton
The Dirty Mac
The Rolling Stones Rock And Roll Circus
1996
7.
John Mitchell : "Mitch Mitchell"
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Are You Experienced
1967
featured: Jimi Hendrix


Shame there's not a better text output.

Slayer is 7 steps away from Blink 182.

Madball to Immortal - 6 steps:

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The path between Madball and Immortal contains 6 steps:
Madball
Demonstrating My Style
1996
1.
Will Shepler
Agnostic Front
Live At CBGB
1989
2.
Craig Setari
Sick Of It All
Scratch The Surface
1994
3.
Lou Koller
Blood From The Soul
To Spite The Gland That Breeds
1993
4.
Shane Embury
Lock Up
Pleasures Pave Sewers
2001
5.
Peter Tägtgren
Hypocrisy
Virus
2005
6.
Reidar Horghagen : "Horgh"
Immortal
Sons Of Northern Darkness
2002

The path between Culture Club and Darkthrone contains 9 steps:

Culture Club
Colour By Numbers
1.
Jon Moss
Damned
Not The Captains Birthday Party?
2.
Brian Robertson : "Brian James
"Mad For The Racket
The Racketeers
3.
Clement Burke : "Clem Burke"The Tube Tops 2000
Blockbuster · A 70's Glitter Glam Rock Experience
4.
Bill Bartell
Sawed Off
You'll Be Taken Care Of
5.
Roger Osborne
Venomous Concept
Retroactive Abortion
6.
Shane Embury
Brujeria
Matando Güeros
7.
Billy Gould
Black Diamond Brigade
Black Diamond
8.
Sigurd Wongraven : "Satyr"Eibon
Moonfog 2000 · A Different Perspective
9.
Gylve Nagel
Darkthrone
Soulside Journey
1991

Every damn thing seems to go through Bill Bartell, Roger Osborne, and Shane Embury, at least on the "cross-genre" links.