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James is a Psychedelic rock act. Their sound grew out of The Twang, So Long, Marianne, Doves, Stephen Hague and The Fall. Those roots explain a lot about how James arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Shed Seven, Ocean Colour Scene, Cast, Manic Street Preachers and The Seahorses, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Thousand Yard Stare, Mar de Copas, The Slow Readers Club, Pablo Honey and The Stone Roses, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 33 connections around James, reaching back through The Twang and forward to Thousand Yard Stare. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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James connections
James grew out of The Twang, So Long, Marianne, Doves and Stephen Hague, shares an orbit with Shed Seven, Ocean Colour Scene, Cast and Manic Street Preachers, went on to shape Thousand Yard Stare, Mar de Copas, The Slow Readers Club and Pablo Honey. 33 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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