◇ image via WikipediaCaptain Sensible
Captain Sensible is a Punk rock act. Their sound grew out of Egg, It Would Be So Nice, Syd Barrett, Small Faces and Chic. Those roots explain a lot about how Captain Sensible arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Adam and the Ants, Ian Dury, Thompson Twins, The Fixx and Go West, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Captain Jack and Dizzee Rascal, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 22 connections around Captain Sensible, reaching back through Egg and forward to Captain Jack. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Captain Sensible connections
Captain Sensible grew out of Egg, It Would Be So Nice, Syd Barrett and Small Faces, shares an orbit with Adam and the Ants, Ian Dury, Thompson Twins and The Fixx, went on to shape Captain Jack and Dizzee Rascal. 22 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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