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John Olav Nilsen & Gjengen

John Olav Nilsen & Gjengen is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Erlend Øye. Those roots explain a lot about how John Olav Nilsen & Gjengen arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as I Was A King and Siri Nilsen, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Razika and Lars Vaular, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 5 connections around John Olav Nilsen & Gjengen, reaching back through Erlend Øye and forward to Razika. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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John Olav Nilsen & Gjengen was a Norwegian rock-pop band formed in 2006 in Loddefjord, Bergen. It was fronted by singer-songwriter and main vocalist John Olav Nilsen, and released three studio albums before breaking up in 2013. The band's lyrics are entirely in Norwegian.

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John Olav Nilsen & GjengenErlend ØyeRazikaLars VaularI Was A KingSiri Nilsen

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John Olav Nilsen & Gjengen connections

John Olav Nilsen & Gjengen grew out of Erlend Øye, shares an orbit with I Was A King and Siri Nilsen, went on to shape Razika and Lars Vaular. 5 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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