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Crocodiles

Crocodiles is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of The Jesus and Mary Chain, The Archies and Tommy James & The Shondells. Those roots explain a lot about how Crocodiles arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Crystal Stilts, Lower Dens, A Place to Bury Strangers, The Raveonettes and The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Haunted Hearts, Television Personalities, The Slits, A Place to Bury Strangers and Dum Dum Girls, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 29 connections around Crocodiles, reaching back through The Jesus and Mary Chain and forward to Haunted Hearts. 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
CrocodilesThe Jesus and Mary C…The ArchiesTommy James & The Sh…Haunted HeartsTelevision Personali…The SlitsA Place to Bury Stra…Dum Dum GirlsHollie CookCat PowerCrystal StiltsLower DensA Place to Bury Stra…The RaveonettesThe Pains of Being P…Ringo DeathstarrFilm SchoolSkywave

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Crocodiles connections

Crocodiles grew out of The Jesus and Mary Chain, The Archies and Tommy James & The Shondells, shares an orbit with Crystal Stilts, Lower Dens, A Place to Bury Strangers and The Raveonettes, went on to shape Haunted Hearts, Television Personalities, The Slits and A Place to Bury Strangers. 29 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

Who influenced Crocodiles

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