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Johnny Hates Jazz

Johnny Hates Jazz is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Aswad, Visage, Pink Floyd, The Police and The Cure. Those roots explain a lot about how Johnny Hates Jazz arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Go West, Climie Fisher, ABC, Wet Wet Wet and Thompson Twins, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Katrina and the Waves, Orson, Mike & The Mechanics, Michael Learns to Rock and True Faith, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 32 connections around Johnny Hates Jazz, reaching back through Aswad and forward to Katrina and the Waves. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

Johnny Hates Jazz are a British pop band that consists of Clark Datchler and Mike Nocito. In April 1987, they achieved international success with their single "Shattered Dreams".

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Johnny Hates JazzAswadVisagePink FloydThe PoliceThe CureDuran DuranThompson TwinsGlen MatlockKatrina and the WavesOrsonMike & The MechanicsMichael Learns to RockTrue FaithGo WestClimie FisherABCWet Wet WetThompson TwinsMike & The MechanicsWang ChungCock Robin

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Johnny Hates Jazz connections

Johnny Hates Jazz grew out of Aswad, Visage, Pink Floyd and The Police, shares an orbit with Go West, Climie Fisher, ABC and Wet Wet Wet, went on to shape Katrina and the Waves, Orson, Mike & The Mechanics and Michael Learns to Rock. 32 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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