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John Grant

Indie rock
Indie rock

John Grant is a Indie rock act. Their sound grew out of Nina Hagen, Skinny Puppy, Cocteau Twins, Scott Walker and Midlake. Those roots explain a lot about how John Grant arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Villagers, Richard Hawley, Susanne Sundfør, Nadine Shah and I Am Kloot, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Breathless, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 35 connections around John Grant, reaching back through Nina Hagen and forward to Breathless. 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 GrantNina HagenSkinny PuppyCocteau TwinsScott WalkerMidlakeSarah JaffeCate Le BonGusGusBreathlessVillagersRichard HawleySusanne SundførNadine ShahI Am KlootDovesCass McCombsKing Creosote

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John Grant connections

John Grant grew out of Nina Hagen, Skinny Puppy, Cocteau Twins and Scott Walker, shares an orbit with Villagers, Richard Hawley, Susanne Sundfør and Nadine Shah, went on to shape Breathless. 35 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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