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Dave Gahan

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Dave Gahan is a Pop act. Their sound grew out of Goldfrapp, The Gun Club, Ladytron, James Brown and Elvis Presley. Those roots explain a lot about how Dave Gahan arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Depeche Mode, Recoil, De/Vision, Erasure and IAMX, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into H.P. Baxxter, Goldfrapp, Molchat Doma and Junkie XL, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 29 connections around Dave Gahan, reaching back through Goldfrapp and forward to H.P. Baxxter. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Dave GahanGoldfrappThe Gun ClubLadytronJames BrownElvis PresleyPrinceH.P. BaxxterGoldfrappMolchat DomaJunkie XLDepeche ModeRecoilDe/VisionErasureIAMXOrchestral Manoeuvre…AlphavilleMesh

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Dave Gahan connections

Dave Gahan grew out of Goldfrapp, The Gun Club, Ladytron and James Brown, shares an orbit with Depeche Mode, Recoil, De/Vision and Erasure, went on to shape H.P. Baxxter, Goldfrapp, Molchat Doma and Junkie XL. 29 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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