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Katrina and the Waves

Alternative rock
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Katrina and the Waves is a Alternative rock and Pop act. Their catalogue also touches Rock. Their sound grew out of Miriam Stockley, Johnny Hates Jazz, Graham Parker, Heart and Foreigner. Those roots explain a lot about how Katrina and the Waves arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as T'Pau, Starship, Toni Basil, Kenny Loggins and Kim Wilde, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Debbi Peterson, Aly & AJ, The Bangles, Eric Burdon and Into the Rush, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 34 connections around Katrina and the Waves, reaching back through Miriam Stockley and forward to Debbi Peterson. 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
Katrina and the WavesMiriam StockleyJohnny Hates JazzGraham ParkerHeartForeignerLinda RonstadtZZ TopThe Soft BoysDebbi PetersonAly & AJThe BanglesEric BurdonInto the RushT'PauStarshipToni BasilKenny LogginsKim WildeEurythmicsBelinda CarlisleFine Young Cannibals

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Katrina and the Waves connections

Katrina and the Waves grew out of Miriam Stockley, Johnny Hates Jazz, Graham Parker and Heart, shares an orbit with T'Pau, Starship, Toni Basil and Kenny Loggins, went on to shape Debbi Peterson, Aly & AJ, The Bangles and Eric Burdon. 34 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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