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Berlin is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Animotion, Kraftwerk, Devo, Sparks and Giorgio Moroder. Those roots explain a lot about how Berlin arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Thompson Twins, Laura Branigan, Patrick Swayze, ABC and Belinda Carlisle, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into From Here to Infirmary, Stacey Q, Copeland, The Go-Go's and Marilyn Manson, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 29 connections around Berlin, reaching back through Animotion and forward to From Here to Infirmary. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Berlin is an American new wave/synth-pop band formed in Los Angeles in 1978. The band gained commercial success in the 1980s with singles including "The Metro", "Sex ", "No More Words" and the chart-topping "Take My Breath Away" from the 1986 film Top Gun, which won the Academy Award for Best Original Song and a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song. The group disbanded right after reaching global success, but resumed activity ten years later in 1997. The best-known lineup consisted of singer Terri Nunn, bass guitarist and vocalist John Crawford, keyboardist David Diamond, guitarist Ric Olsen, keyboardist Matt Reid, and drummer Rob Brill.
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Berlin connections
Berlin grew out of Animotion, Kraftwerk, Devo and Sparks, shares an orbit with Thompson Twins, Laura Branigan, Patrick Swayze and ABC, went on to shape From Here to Infirmary, Stacey Q, Copeland and The Go-Go's. 29 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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