◇ image via WikipediaJoe Strummer and the Mescaleros
Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Ramones and The Clash. Those roots explain a lot about how Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Joe Strummer, Transplants, Stiff Little Fingers, Alkaline Trio and World Party, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into The Alarm, Moby, Simple Minds, Gary Numan and Steve Harris, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 26 connections around Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros, reaching back through Ramones and forward to The Alarm. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
The Mescaleros was the British backing band for British singer, musician and songwriter Joe Strummer. Formed in 1999, they issued two albums before Strummer's death from a heart attack in 2002 aged 50, and one posthumously.
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Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros connections
Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros grew out of Ramones and The Clash, shares an orbit with Joe Strummer, Transplants, Stiff Little Fingers and Alkaline Trio, went on to shape The Alarm, Moby, Simple Minds and Gary Numan. 26 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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