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Ever notice that every once in a while when you're reading about your favorite band,

the concept of influences comes up? It usually comes in the form of a question, such as,

who did you listen to when you were growing up?

If you asked Billy Corgan of the Smashing Popkins, he'd say Kiss and Judas Priest and other hard rock bands.

If you asked Noel Gallagher, he'd tell you the Beatles and T. Rex and the Jam.

Michael Stipe?

Patty Smith and the Velvet Underground.

But what if you ask Trent Reznor the same question?

How would Marilyn Manson respond?

What about Toul or White Zombie or Courtney Love for that matter?

Well, they'd probably give you a bunch of different answers, but they would all have one name in common.

A group that existed for barely four years and released just four albums.

But in that time, they became one of the most influential bands of the 80s.

And what they did is still having an effect at the dawn of the 21st century.

The group, Bawhouse.

Bah House?

What's the big deal about Bawhouse?

This is the ongoing history of new music, the podcast edition with Alan Cross.

Hello again, I'm Ellen Cross, and this is a program in the What's the Big Deal series?

This is a collection of occasional programs that try to explain why today's music sounds like it does.

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