◇ image via WikipediaIan Dury
Ian Dury is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Judge Dread, Stiff Records, Tyrone Downie and Gene Vincent. Those roots explain a lot about how Ian Dury arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Undertones, Stiff Little Fingers, The Jam, The Boomtown Rats and Buzzcocks, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Sing When You're Winning, Baxter Dury, Elvis Costello & The Attractions, Sly and Robbie and Don Cherry, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 39 connections around Ian Dury, reaching back through Judge Dread and forward to Sing When You're Winning. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Ian Robins Dury was an English singer, songwriter and actor best remembered as the frontman of Ian Dury and the Blockheads. Described by The Guardian as "one of few true originals of the English music scene", Dury drew from music hall and punk traditions, often incorporating observational humour and word play in his lyrics.
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Ian Dury connections
Ian Dury grew out of Judge Dread, Stiff Records, Tyrone Downie and Gene Vincent, shares an orbit with The Undertones, Stiff Little Fingers, The Jam and The Boomtown Rats, went on to shape Sing When You're Winning, Baxter Dury, Elvis Costello & The Attractions and Sly and Robbie. 39 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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- Dr. Feelgoodartist
- Adam and the Antsartist
- Tom Robinson Bandartist
- Elvis Costelloartist
- The Advertsartist
- Dexys Midnight Runnersartist
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- Elvis Costello & The Attractionsartist
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- Adam Antartist
- The Soft Boysartist
- Captain Sensibleartist
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