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Catatonia

Catatonia is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Super Furry Animals and Aynsley Lister. Those roots explain a lot about how Catatonia arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Ocean Colour Scene, Manic Street Preachers, Cast, Shed Seven and The Beautiful South, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Tribes of the City, Space, Tom Jones and Stereophonics, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 19 connections around Catatonia, reaching back through Super Furry Animals and forward to Tribes of the City. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

Catatonia were a Welsh alternative rock band who gained popularity in the mid-to-late 1990s. The band formed in 1992 after Mark Roberts met Cerys Matthews. The first major lineup featured Dafydd Ieuan of Super Furry Animals on drums, Paul Jones on bass, and Clancy Pegg on keyboards. With this line-up the band recorded two EPs, For Tinkerbell and Hooked.

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CatatoniaSuper Furry AnimalsAynsley ListerTribes of the CitySpaceTom JonesStereophonicsOcean Colour SceneManic Street PreachersCastShed SevenThe Beautiful SouthThe SeahorsesAshJames

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Catatonia connections

Catatonia grew out of Super Furry Animals and Aynsley Lister, shares an orbit with Ocean Colour Scene, Manic Street Preachers, Cast and Shed Seven, went on to shape Tribes of the City, Space, Tom Jones and Stereophonics. 19 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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