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Klymaxx

Klymaxx is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, Midnight Star and The Time. Those roots explain a lot about how Klymaxx arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Jeffrey Osborne, S.O.S. Band, Mary Jane Girls, Peabo Bryson and Surface, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Chromeo, Lakeside, Michael Jackson and The Braxtons, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 26 connections around Klymaxx, reaching back through Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis and forward to Chromeo. 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
KlymaxxJimmy Jam and Terry …Midnight StarThe TimeChromeoLakesideMichael JacksonThe BraxtonsJeffrey OsborneS.O.S. BandMary Jane GirlsPeabo BrysonSurfaceDeBargeMiki HowardVanessa Williams

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Klymaxx connections

Klymaxx grew out of Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, Midnight Star and The Time, shares an orbit with Jeffrey Osborne, S.O.S. Band, Mary Jane Girls and Peabo Bryson, went on to shape Chromeo, Lakeside, Michael Jackson and The Braxtons. 26 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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