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Culture Club

Culture Club is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Chris Rainbow, Spandau Ballet, The Damned, Adam and the Ants and Wang Chung. Those roots explain a lot about how Culture Club arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Thompson Twins, ABC, Eurythmics, Wang Chung and Erasure, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Steinski, Ministry, Mike Francis, Corey Hart and Lou Bega, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 41 connections around Culture Club, reaching back through Chris Rainbow and forward to Steinski. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

Culture Club are an English pop band formed in London in 1981. The band comprises Boy George, Roy Hay, and Mikey Craig, and formerly included Jon Moss. Emerging in the New Romantic scene, they are considered one of the most representative and influential groups of the 1980s.

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Culture ClubChris RainbowSpandau BalletThe DamnedAdam and the AntsWang ChungTess HenleyWham!Godley & CremeSteinskiMinistryMike FrancisCorey HartLou BegaDead or AliveANOHNIHunting High and LowThompson TwinsABCEurythmicsWang ChungErasureFine Young CannibalsKim WildeAdam and the Ants

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Culture Club connections

Culture Club grew out of Chris Rainbow, Spandau Ballet, The Damned and Adam and the Ants, shares an orbit with Thompson Twins, ABC, Eurythmics and Wang Chung, went on to shape Steinski, Ministry, Mike Francis and Corey Hart. 41 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

Who influenced Culture Club

Roots8

Sounds and acts that shaped Culture Club.

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Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with Culture Club.

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Legacy16

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