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John Cooper Clarke

Punk rock
Punk rock

John Cooper Clarke is a Punk rock act. Their sound grew out of Pete Shelley, Bob Dylan, Captain Beefheart, Frank Zappa and The Velvet Underground. Those roots explain a lot about how John Cooper Clarke arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Monochrome Set, The Slits, Public Image Ltd., Ian Dury and Au Pairs, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Plan B, Kate Nash, Reverend and The Makers, Luvcat and Fontaines D.C., where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 36 connections around John Cooper Clarke, reaching back through Pete Shelley and forward to Plan B. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
John Cooper ClarkePete ShelleyBob DylanCaptain BeefheartFrank ZappaThe Velvet UndergroundThe WailersI-RoyIan DuryPlan BKate NashReverend and The Mak…LuvcatFontaines D.C.Lily AllenPeter HookArctic MonkeysThe Monochrome SetThe SlitsPublic Image Ltd.Ian DuryAu PairsThe Pop GroupAdam and the AntsYoung Marble Giants

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John Cooper Clarke connections

John Cooper Clarke grew out of Pete Shelley, Bob Dylan, Captain Beefheart and Frank Zappa, shares an orbit with The Monochrome Set, The Slits, Public Image Ltd. and Ian Dury, went on to shape Plan B, Kate Nash, Reverend and The Makers and Luvcat. 36 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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