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Bob Geldof

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Bob Geldof is a Pop and Rock act. Their sound grew out of Spike Edney, Alison Moyet, Gaby Moreno, David Gilmour and Pink Floyd. Those roots explain a lot about how Bob Geldof arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Joe Jackson, Tanita Tikaram, Lindsey Buckingham, U2 and Sinéad O'Connor, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Feeder, Modena City Ramblers and Michael Hutchence, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 36 connections around Bob Geldof, reaching back through Spike Edney and forward to Feeder. 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
Bob GeldofSpike EdneyAlison MoyetGaby MorenoDavid GilmourPink FloydMidge UreDave StewartThin LizzyFeederModena City RamblersMichael HutchenceJoe JacksonTanita TikaramLindsey BuckinghamU2Sinéad O'ConnorEurythmicsKirsty MacCollWorld Party

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Bob Geldof connections

Bob Geldof grew out of Spike Edney, Alison Moyet, Gaby Moreno and David Gilmour, shares an orbit with Joe Jackson, Tanita Tikaram, Lindsey Buckingham and U2, went on to shape Feeder, Modena City Ramblers and Michael Hutchence. 36 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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