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Johnny Marr

Indie rock
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Johnny Marr is a Indie rock and Rap act. Their sound grew out of The Twang, Junkie XL, Roy Harper, Haven and Pet Shop Boys. Those roots explain a lot about how Johnny Marr arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Morrissey, James, Ian Brown, Doves and Paul Weller, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Edwyn Collins, Little Barrie, Calla, Kirsty MacColl and Noel Gallagher, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 44 connections around Johnny Marr, reaching back through The Twang and forward to Edwyn Collins. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Johnny MarrThe TwangJunkie XLRoy HarperHavenPet Shop BoysThe Rolling StonesThin LizzyJake BuggEdwyn CollinsLittle BarrieCallaKirsty MacCollNoel GallagherParadise LostBy the WayThe Monochrome SetMorrisseyJamesIan BrownDovesPaul WellerShed SevenLiam GallagherThe Smiths

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Johnny Marr connections

Johnny Marr grew out of The Twang, Junkie XL, Roy Harper and Haven, shares an orbit with Morrissey, James, Ian Brown and Doves, went on to shape Edwyn Collins, Little Barrie, Calla and Kirsty MacColl. 44 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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