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Clutching at Straws is a Progressive rock act. Their sound grew out of John Lennon, Sting, Steve Hackett and The Edge. Those roots explain a lot about how Clutching at Straws arrange songs and choose their tones. Their influence carried into Fish, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 5 connections around Clutching at Straws, reaching back through John Lennon and forward to Fish. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Clutching at Straws is the fourth studio album by the British neo-prog band Marillion, released on 22 June 1987. It was the last album with lead singer Fish, who left the band in 1988, and is a concept album.
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Clutching at Straws grew out of John Lennon, Sting, Steve Hackett and The Edge, went on to shape Fish. 5 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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