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Del Amitri is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Twenty One Pilots, Simple Minds and Gun. Those roots explain a lot about how Del Amitri arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Deacon Blue, Big Country, Wet Wet Wet, Ocean Colour Scene and Toad The Wet Sprocket, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into The Silencers, Manfred Mann's Earth Band and Squeeze, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 28 connections around Del Amitri, reaching back through Twenty One Pilots and forward to The Silencers. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Del Amitri are a Scottish alternative rock band formed in Glasgow in 1980. They are best known for their 1990 single "Nothing Ever Happens", which reached No. 11 in the UK, and their 1995 hit "Roll to Me", which reached the top 10 in both Canada and the United States. They have released seven studio albums, five of which have reached the UK top 10. Del Amitri has sold over six million albums worldwide.
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Del Amitri connections
Del Amitri grew out of Twenty One Pilots, Simple Minds and Gun, shares an orbit with Deacon Blue, Big Country, Wet Wet Wet and Ocean Colour Scene, went on to shape The Silencers, Manfred Mann's Earth Band and Squeeze. 28 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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