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Alan Vega

Punk rock
Punk rock

Alan Vega is a Punk rock act. Their sound grew out of HTRK, Band of Susans, Silver Apples, Elvis Presley and The Stooges. Those roots explain a lot about how Alan Vega arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Pop Group, Public Image Ltd., Wire and Muslimgauze, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Peaches, Donny Benét, LCD Soundsystem, Lydia Lunch and The Horrors, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 24 connections around Alan Vega, reaching back through HTRK and forward to Peaches. 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
Alan VegaHTRKBand of SusansSilver ApplesElvis PresleyThe StoogesPeachesDonny BenétLCD SoundsystemLydia LunchThe HorrorsPrimal ScreamMiss KittinBruce SpringsteenThe Pop GroupPublic Image Ltd.WireMuslimgauze

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Alan Vega connections

Alan Vega grew out of HTRK, Band of Susans, Silver Apples and Elvis Presley, shares an orbit with The Pop Group, Public Image Ltd., Wire and Muslimgauze, went on to shape Peaches, Donny Benét, LCD Soundsystem and Lydia Lunch. 24 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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