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Klaxons is a Indie rock act. Their sound grew out of Alan Vega, Simian Mobile Disco, The Sunshine Underground, James Ford and The Rakes. Those roots explain a lot about how Klaxons arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Does It Offend You, Yeah?, Friendly Fires, Hard-Fi, The Rapture and Kasabian, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into The Big Pink, Sohodolls, Peaches, LA Priest and Will Champion, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 39 connections around Klaxons, reaching back through Alan Vega and forward to The Big Pink. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Klaxons connections
Klaxons grew out of Alan Vega, Simian Mobile Disco, The Sunshine Underground and James Ford, shares an orbit with Does It Offend You, Yeah?, Friendly Fires, Hard-Fi and The Rapture, went on to shape The Big Pink, Sohodolls, Peaches and LA Priest. 39 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced Klaxons
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