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An Ideal for Living is a Punk rock act. Their sound grew out of David Bowie. Those roots explain a lot about how An Ideal for Living arrange songs and choose their tones. Their influence carried into Manic Street Preachers, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 2 connections around An Ideal for Living, reaching back through David Bowie and forward to Manic Street Preachers. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
An Ideal for Living is the first record by the English rock band Joy Division. The EP was released on 3 June 1978 through the band's own label, Enigma, shortly after the group changed their name from Warsaw. The recording took place in Oldham in December 1977. The original 7-inch record cover features a blond Hitler Youth member beating a drum.
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An Ideal for Living grew out of David Bowie, went on to shape Manic Street Preachers. 2 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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