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Big Star is a Dance-pop act. Their sound grew out of The Beatles, The Byrds, Simon & Garfunkel, John Lennon and Paul McCartney. Those roots explain a lot about how Big Star arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Teenage Fanclub, The Raspberries, Badfinger, Flamin' Groovies and Elvis Costello, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Afghan Whigs, A Little Bit Longer, The Replacements, The Vaccines and Erlend Øye, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 44 connections around Big Star, reaching back through The Beatles and forward to Afghan Whigs. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Big Star connections
Big Star grew out of The Beatles, The Byrds, Simon & Garfunkel and John Lennon, shares an orbit with Teenage Fanclub, The Raspberries, Badfinger and Flamin' Groovies, went on to shape Afghan Whigs, A Little Bit Longer, The Replacements and The Vaccines. 44 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced Big Star
Sounds and acts that shaped Big Star.
Artists similar to Big Star
Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with Big Star.
Bands Big Star shaped
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