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Flash and the Pan

Synth-pop
Synth-pop

Flash and the Pan is a Synth-pop act. Their sound grew out of The Easybeats. Those roots explain a lot about how Flash and the Pan arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Fine Young Cannibals, Greg Kihn Band, Cock Robin, Sniff 'n' the Tears and Laid Back, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into The Hives, The Disco Boys and Grace Jones, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 25 connections around Flash and the Pan, reaching back through The Easybeats and forward to The Hives. 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
Flash and the PanThe EasybeatsThe HivesThe Disco BoysGrace JonesFine Young CannibalsGreg Kihn BandCock RobinSniff 'n' the TearsLaid BackPropagandaDexys Midnight RunnersRobert Palmer

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Flash and the Pan connections

Flash and the Pan grew out of The Easybeats, shares an orbit with Fine Young Cannibals, Greg Kihn Band, Cock Robin and Sniff 'n' the Tears, went on to shape The Hives, The Disco Boys and Grace Jones. 25 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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