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Bernard Sumner

Indie rock
Indie rockRap

Bernard Sumner is a Indie rock and Rap act. Their sound grew out of Pet Shop Boys, Sex Pistols, Karl Bartos and 808 State. Those roots explain a lot about how Bernard Sumner arrange songs and choose their tones. Their influence carried into Demon Days, Anne Dudley, A Certain Ratio, 808 State and Sub Sub, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 16 connections around Bernard Sumner, reaching back through Pet Shop Boys and forward to Demon Days. 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
Bernard SumnerPet Shop BoysSex PistolsKarl Bartos808 StateDemon DaysAnne DudleyA Certain Ratio808 StateSub SubThe Chemical BrothersPrimal ScreamHappy Mondays

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Bernard Sumner connections

Bernard Sumner grew out of Pet Shop Boys, Sex Pistols, Karl Bartos and 808 State, went on to shape Demon Days, Anne Dudley, A Certain Ratio and 808 State. 16 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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