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Adam Ant is a Punk rock act. Their sound grew out of Mr. Mister, André Cymone, Rutger Gunnarsson, Toyah Willcox and Vanity. Those roots explain a lot about how Adam Ant arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Adam and the Ants, Thompson Twins, ABC, The Fixx and Fine Young Cannibals, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Akira The Don, Nine Inch Nails, The Silencers, Stewart Copeland and Steve Jones, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 28 connections around Adam Ant, reaching back through Mr. Mister and forward to Akira The Don. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Adam Ant connections
Adam Ant grew out of Mr. Mister, André Cymone, Rutger Gunnarsson and Toyah Willcox, shares an orbit with Adam and the Ants, Thompson Twins, ABC and The Fixx, went on to shape Akira The Don, Nine Inch Nails, The Silencers and Stewart Copeland. 28 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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