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Joe Jackson is a Jazz and Punk rock act. Their catalogue also touches Ska. Their sound grew out of The Hooters, Steve Vai, Graham Parker, Too Low for Zero and Elvis Costello. Those roots explain a lot about how Joe Jackson arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Elvis Costello & The Attractions, Elvis Costello, The Fixx, Dave Edmunds and Eurythmics, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Smash Mouth, The Matches, The Toasters, Marianne Faithfull and It's Gonna Be Me, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 46 connections around Joe Jackson, reaching back through The Hooters and forward to Smash Mouth. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Joe Jackson connections
Joe Jackson grew out of The Hooters, Steve Vai, Graham Parker and Too Low for Zero, shares an orbit with Elvis Costello & The Attractions, Elvis Costello, The Fixx and Dave Edmunds, went on to shape Smash Mouth, The Matches, The Toasters and Marianne Faithfull. 46 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced Joe Jackson
Sounds and acts that shaped Joe Jackson.
Artists similar to Joe Jackson
Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with Joe Jackson.
- Elvis Costello & The Attractionsartist
- Elvis Costelloartist
- The Fixxartist
- Dave Edmundsartist
- Eurythmicsartist
- The Boomtown Ratsartist
- The Jamartist
- The Knackartist
- ABCartist
- Ultravoxartist
- Lloyd Coleartist
- Roxy Musicartist
- Fine Young Cannibalsartist
- Bryan Ferryartist
- The Smithereensartist
- Prefab Sproutartist
- World Partyartist
- Donald Fagenartist
Bands Joe Jackson shaped
Where the influence of Joe Jackson travelled next.
- Smash Mouthartist
- The Matchesartist
- The Toastersartist
- Marianne Faithfullartist
- It's Gonna Be Meartist
- Steady, As She Goesartist
- Sugar Rayartist
- Silversun Pickupsartist
- I DONT KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND MEartist
- Green Dayartist
- The Smileartist
- The Clarksartist
- Maxeenartist
- The B-52'sartist
- Luca Prodanartist
- Ben Foldsartist
- Todd Rundgrenartist
- Sussan Deyhimartist
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