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Edwyn Collins is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Robin Guthrie, Johnny Marr, The Drums and Mark E. Smith. Those roots explain a lot about how Edwyn Collins arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Lloyd Cole, Del Amitri, Paul Weller, Teenage Fanclub and Deacon Blue, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into The Maccabees, Primal Scream, Alex Kapranos, Terrorvision and The Cribs, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 42 connections around Edwyn Collins, reaching back through Robin Guthrie and forward to The Maccabees. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Edwyn Stephen Collins is a Scottish musician, producer and record label owner. Collins was the lead singer for the 1980s post-punk band Orange Juice, which he co-founded. After the group split in 1985, Collins started a solo career. His 1994 single "A Girl Like You" was a worldwide hit.
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Edwyn Collins connections
Edwyn Collins grew out of Robin Guthrie, Johnny Marr, The Drums and Mark E. Smith, shares an orbit with Lloyd Cole, Del Amitri, Paul Weller and Teenage Fanclub, went on to shape The Maccabees, Primal Scream, Alex Kapranos and Terrorvision. 42 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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