◇ image via WikipediaEl Gran Silencio
El Gran Silencio is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Ritchie Valens, Celso Piña, The Beatles, Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd. Those roots explain a lot about how El Gran Silencio arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Panteón Rococó, Control Machete, Kinky, Plastilina Mosh and Los de Abajo, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Juan Gabriel, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 21 connections around El Gran Silencio, reaching back through Ritchie Valens and forward to Juan Gabriel. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
El Gran Silencio is a rock en español band from Monterrey, Mexico. It blends a variety of rock, reggae, dancehall, and hip-hop influences with traditional Latin American musical forms such as cumbia, vallenato and Norteño. Their lyrics tend to be bohemian and often talk about life in the “barrio” or poor neighborhoods of Mexican cities, especially Monterrey. As of 2015, they have recorded seven albums, eleven singles, six soundtracks, five tributes and seventeen collaborations and have toured Mexico and the United States.
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El Gran Silencio connections
El Gran Silencio grew out of Ritchie Valens, Celso Piña, The Beatles and Led Zeppelin, shares an orbit with Panteón Rococó, Control Machete, Kinky and Plastilina Mosh, went on to shape Juan Gabriel. 21 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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