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Flea

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Rap

Flea is a Rap act. Their sound grew out of Defunkt, Ziggy Marley, The Germs, Larry Graham and Mike Watt. Those roots explain a lot about how Flea arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Nubiyan Twist, Gnarls Barkley, Soft Machine, Puscifer and Adrian Quesada, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into John Frusciante, Greg Kurstin, The Linda Lindas, Dirty Loops and Atoms for Peace, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 36 connections around Flea, reaching back through Defunkt and forward to John Frusciante. 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
FleaDefunktZiggy MarleyThe GermsLarry GrahamMike WattEddie HazelMutantesFearJohn FruscianteGreg KurstinThe Linda LindasDirty LoopsAtoms for PeaceNubiyan TwistGnarls BarkleySoft MachinePusciferAdrian QuesadaEl Michels AffairNils LandgrenVictor Wooten

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Flea connections

Flea grew out of Defunkt, Ziggy Marley, The Germs and Larry Graham, shares an orbit with Nubiyan Twist, Gnarls Barkley, Soft Machine and Puscifer, went on to shape John Frusciante, Greg Kurstin, The Linda Lindas and Dirty Loops. 36 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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