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Kevin Ayers is a Rock act. Their sound grew out of The Madcap Laughs, Bridget St John, Architecture in Helsinki and Rupert Hine. Those roots explain a lot about how Kevin Ayers arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Soft Machine, Matching Mole, Robert Wyatt, Hatfield and the North and Gong, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Gong, Fish Rising, Pye Hastings, Hinds and Henry Cow, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 47 connections around Kevin Ayers, reaching back through The Madcap Laughs and forward to Gong. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Kevin Ayers connections
Kevin Ayers grew out of The Madcap Laughs, Bridget St John, Architecture in Helsinki and Rupert Hine, shares an orbit with Soft Machine, Matching Mole, Robert Wyatt and Hatfield and the North, went on to shape Gong, Fish Rising, Pye Hastings and Hinds. 47 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced Kevin Ayers
Sounds and acts that shaped Kevin Ayers.
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Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with Kevin Ayers.
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Bands Kevin Ayers shaped
Where the influence of Kevin Ayers travelled next.
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- Fish Risingartist
- Pye Hastingsartist
- Hindsartist
- Henry Cowartist
- The Policeartist
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- Robert Wyattartist
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- Brian Enoartist
- Syd Barrettartist
- Bridget St Johnartist
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