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Badly Drawn Boy

Badly Drawn Boy is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of King Creosote, Bruce Springsteen, Lemon Jelly, The Seahorses and Jane Birkin. Those roots explain a lot about how Badly Drawn Boy arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Bees, Doves, The Beta Band, The Coral and I Am Kloot, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into UNKLE, Doves, Madonna, John Lennon and The Avalanches, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 33 connections around Badly Drawn Boy, reaching back through King Creosote and forward to UNKLE. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Damon Michael Gough, known by the stage name Badly Drawn Boy, is an English indie singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Badly Drawn BoyKing CreosoteBruce SpringsteenLemon JellyThe SeahorsesJane BirkinXL RecordingsDovesUNKLEDovesMadonnaJohn LennonThe AvalanchesLeftfieldAlfieThe BeesDovesThe Beta BandThe CoralI Am KlootPaul WellerEelsOcean Colour Scene

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Badly Drawn Boy connections

Badly Drawn Boy grew out of King Creosote, Bruce Springsteen, Lemon Jelly and The Seahorses, shares an orbit with The Bees, Doves, The Beta Band and The Coral, went on to shape UNKLE, Doves, Madonna and John Lennon. 33 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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