◇ image via WikipediaJohn Cooper Clarke
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 Public Image Ltd., Ian Dury, Au Pairs, The Pop Group and Adam and the Ants, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Plan B, Reverend and The Makers, Luvcat, Fontaines D.C. and Lily Allen, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 33 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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John Cooper Clarke connections
John Cooper Clarke grew out of Pete Shelley, Bob Dylan, Captain Beefheart and Frank Zappa, shares an orbit with Public Image Ltd., Ian Dury, Au Pairs and The Pop Group, went on to shape Plan B, Reverend and The Makers, Luvcat and Fontaines D.C.. 33 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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