◇ image via WikipediaGary Jules
Gary Jules is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Curt Smith, AM, Michael Andrews and Tears for Fears. Those roots explain a lot about how Gary Jules arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Greg Laswell, Ray LaMontagne, Howie Day, Jason Mraz and Pete Yorn, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Seal, Michael Andrews, Mylène Farmer and Adam Lambert, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 23 connections around Gary Jules, reaching back through Curt Smith and forward to Seal. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Gary Jules Aguirre Jr. is an American singer-songwriter, known primarily for his cover version of the Tears for Fears song "Mad World", which he recorded with his friend Michael Andrews for the film Donnie Darko. It became the UK Christmas number-one single of 2003.
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Gary Jules connections
Gary Jules grew out of Curt Smith, AM, Michael Andrews and Tears for Fears, shares an orbit with Greg Laswell, Ray LaMontagne, Howie Day and Jason Mraz, went on to shape Seal, Michael Andrews, Mylène Farmer and Adam Lambert. 23 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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