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China is a Reggaeton act. Their sound grew out of Saxon, Alice Cooper, Danger, Krokus and Yngwie Malmsteen. Those roots explain a lot about how China arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Bad English, Damn Yankees, Dokken, Great White and Aldo Nova, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Gotthard, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 22 connections around China, reaching back through Saxon and forward to Gotthard. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
China is a hard rock band from Winterthur, Switzerland, founded in 1985. In 1988 they signed with Phonogram, releasing their debut album the same year. They are best known for their 1989 single "In the Middle of the Night", which peaked at No. 11 in Switzerland. As of 2013, all of the band's studio albums have entered the Top 40 album charts in Switzerland.
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China connections
China grew out of Saxon, Alice Cooper, Danger and Krokus, shares an orbit with Bad English, Damn Yankees, Dokken and Great White, went on to shape Gotthard. 22 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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