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Amen Corner is a Psychedelic rock act. Their sound grew out of Lucio Battisti. Those roots explain a lot about how Amen Corner arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Tremeloes, Herman's Hermits, Sandie Shaw, Manfred Mann and Cliff Richard, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Blue Weaver, Eric Clapton, George Harrison, Roger Waters and Mott the Hoople, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 16 connections around Amen Corner, reaching back through Lucio Battisti and forward to Blue Weaver. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Amen Corner were a Welsh rock group formed in Cardiff. They are best known for their hits "Bend Me, Shape Me" (1968), "High in the Sky" (1968) and the chart-topper "(If Paradise Is) Half as Nice" (1969).
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Amen Corner grew out of Lucio Battisti, shares an orbit with The Tremeloes, Herman's Hermits, Sandie Shaw and Manfred Mann, went on to shape Blue Weaver, Eric Clapton, George Harrison and Roger Waters. 16 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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