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Dirty Pretty Things

Indie rock
Indie rock

Dirty Pretty Things is a Indie rock act. Their sound grew out of Bob Dylan, Guillemots, Glasvegas, Babyshambles and Pete Doherty. Those roots explain a lot about how Dirty Pretty Things arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Milburn, Hard-Fi, Kaiser Chiefs, Little Man Tate and The Vaccines, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Glasvegas, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 28 connections around Dirty Pretty Things, reaching back through Bob Dylan and forward to Glasvegas. 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
Dirty Pretty ThingsBob DylanGuillemotsGlasvegasBabyshamblesPete DohertyThe LibertinesMando DiaoRed Hot Chili PeppersGlasvegasMilburnHard-FiKaiser ChiefsLittle Man TateThe VaccinesThe CourteenersThe ZutonsOrson

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Dirty Pretty Things grew out of Bob Dylan, Guillemots, Glasvegas and Babyshambles, shares an orbit with Milburn, Hard-Fi, Kaiser Chiefs and Little Man Tate, went on to shape Glasvegas. 28 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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