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Hoodoo Gurus

Hoodoo Gurus is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of The Hitmen, The Bangles, Flamin' Groovies, The Fleshtones and Jet. Those roots explain a lot about how Hoodoo Gurus arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Australian Crawl, Noiseworks, Powderfinger, The Screaming Jets and You Am I, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Spiderbait, Midnight Oil, You Am I, Joe Strummer and The Hellacopters, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 26 connections around Hoodoo Gurus, reaching back through The Hitmen and forward to Spiderbait. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

Hoodoo Gurus are an Australian rock band formed in Sydney in 1981 by Dave Faulkner and later joined by Richard Grossman (bass), Mark Kingsmill (drums), and Brad Shepherd. Their popularity peaked in the mid- to late 1980s with albums Mars Needs Guitars!, Blow Your Cool! and Magnum Cum Louder.

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Hoodoo GurusThe HitmenThe BanglesFlamin' GrooviesThe FleshtonesJetMy GirlSpiderbaitMidnight OilYou Am IJoe StrummerThe HellacoptersThe ClarksNoiseworksDag NastyAustralian CrawlNoiseworksPowderfingerThe Screaming JetsYou Am IDivinylsGrinspoonRegurgitator

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Hoodoo Gurus connections

Hoodoo Gurus grew out of The Hitmen, The Bangles, Flamin' Groovies and The Fleshtones, shares an orbit with Australian Crawl, Noiseworks, Powderfinger and The Screaming Jets, went on to shape Spiderbait, Midnight Oil, You Am I and Joe Strummer. 26 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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