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Elbow is a Indie rock act. Their sound grew out of Richard Hawley, RJD2, Placebo, Golden Slumbers and 808 State. Those roots explain a lot about how Elbow arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Ocean Colour Scene, Richard Hawley, The Coral, Kaiser Chiefs and James, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Alfie, Villagers, Everything Everything, Phoria and Bell X1, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 31 connections around Elbow, reaching back through Richard Hawley and forward to Alfie. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Elbow connections
Elbow grew out of Richard Hawley, RJD2, Placebo and Golden Slumbers, shares an orbit with Ocean Colour Scene, Richard Hawley, The Coral and Kaiser Chiefs, went on to shape Alfie, Villagers, Everything Everything and Phoria. 31 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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