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Happy is a House act. Their sound grew out of The Doors, The Velvet Underground, Pink Floyd, Justice and Gorillaz. Those roots explain a lot about how Happy arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Veni Vidi Vicious, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Tame Impala and MGMT, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 8 connections around Happy, reaching back through The Doors and forward to Tame Impala. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Happy connections
Happy grew out of The Doors, The Velvet Underground, Pink Floyd and Justice, shares an orbit with Veni Vidi Vicious, went on to shape Tame Impala and MGMT. 8 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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