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A Flock of Seagulls

Synth-pop
Synth-pop

A Flock of Seagulls is a Synth-pop act. Their sound grew out of Wang Chung, Level 42, Animotion and The Stranglers. Those roots explain a lot about how A Flock of Seagulls arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Thompson Twins, Ultravox, The Fixx, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark and Naked Eyes, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Odisseo, Blinding Lights, Bowling for Soup, Ministry and Madonna, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 28 connections around A Flock of Seagulls, reaching back through Wang Chung and forward to Odisseo. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
A Flock of SeagullsWang ChungLevel 42AnimotionThe StranglersOdisseoBlinding LightsBowling for SoupMinistryMadonnaThompson TwinsUltravoxThe FixxOrchestral Manoeuvre…Naked EyesABCBronski BeatWang Chung

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A Flock of Seagulls connections

A Flock of Seagulls grew out of Wang Chung, Level 42, Animotion and The Stranglers, shares an orbit with Thompson Twins, Ultravox, The Fixx and Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, went on to shape Odisseo, Blinding Lights, Bowling for Soup and Ministry. 28 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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