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Fear of Music is a Punk rock act. Their sound grew out of Al Green, Kurt Weill, Van Morrison, The Chieftains and The Specials. Those roots explain a lot about how Fear of Music arrange songs and choose their tones. Their influence carried into Robert Fripp, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 6 connections around Fear of Music, reaching back through Al Green and forward to Robert Fripp. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Fear of Music is the third studio album by the American rock band Talking Heads, released on August 3, 1979, by Sire Records. It was recorded at locations in New York City during April and May 1979 and was produced by Brian Eno and Talking Heads. The album reached No. 21 on the U.S. Billboard 200 and No. 33 on the UK Albums Chart. It spawned the singles "Life During Wartime", "I Zimbra", and "Cities".
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Fear of Music grew out of Al Green, Kurt Weill, Van Morrison and The Chieftains, went on to shape Robert Fripp. 6 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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