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Big Country is a Rap act. Their sound grew out of The Waterboys, Thunderclap Newman, Procol Harum, Gavin Rossdale and Alice Cooper. Those roots explain a lot about how Big Country arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Alarm, The Fixx, Del Amitri, Deacon Blue and Squeeze, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into The Cult, Dread Zeppelin, Jimmy Gnecco, Evermore and Kirsty MacColl, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 42 connections around Big Country, reaching back through The Waterboys and forward to The Cult. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Big Country are a Scottish rock band formed in Dunfermline, Fife, in 1981 by lead singer and guitarist Stuart Adamson, guitarist Bruce Watson, bassist Tony Butler and drummer Mark Brzezicki. Their debut album The Crossing (1983) reached number three in the UK and delivered their only U.S. Top 40 hit, "In a Big Country". Follow‑ups Steeltown (1984) and The Seer (1986) also landed in the UK top ten, with The Seer producing the Irish number one hit "Look Away" and featuring a collaboration with Kate Bush on its title track.
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Big Country connections
Big Country grew out of The Waterboys, Thunderclap Newman, Procol Harum and Gavin Rossdale, shares an orbit with The Alarm, The Fixx, Del Amitri and Deacon Blue, went on to shape The Cult, Dread Zeppelin, Jimmy Gnecco and Evermore. 42 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced Big Country
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