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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 The Soft Boys, 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, Irene Cara, Starship, Toni Basil and Culture Club, 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 43 connections around Katrina and the Waves, reaching back through The Soft Boys 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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Katrina and the Waves connections
Katrina and the Waves grew out of The Soft Boys, Johnny Hates Jazz, Graham Parker and Heart, shares an orbit with T'Pau, Irene Cara, Starship and Toni Basil, went on to shape Debbi Peterson, Aly & AJ, The Bangles and Eric Burdon. 43 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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