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Lloyd Cole

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Electronic

Lloyd Cole is a Electronic act. Their sound grew out of David Bowie, Leonard Cohen, T. Rex, Kris Kristofferson and John Hartford. Those roots explain a lot about how Lloyd Cole arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as John Mellencamp, Billy Bragg, World Party, Van Morrison and The Silencers, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Mogwai, Camera Obscura, Sandie Shaw, Ivy and Tori Amos, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 49 connections around Lloyd Cole, reaching back through David Bowie and forward to Mogwai. 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
Lloyd ColeDavid BowieLeonard CohenT. RexKris KristoffersonJohn HartfordHans-Joachim RoedeliusIggy PopM. WardMogwaiCamera ObscuraSandie ShawIvyTori AmosMaximilian HeckerJohn MellencampBilly BraggWorld PartyVan MorrisonThe SilencersDeacon BlueThe HousemartinsThe House of Love

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Lloyd Cole grew out of David Bowie, Leonard Cohen, T. Rex and Kris Kristofferson, shares an orbit with John Mellencamp, Billy Bragg, World Party and Van Morrison, went on to shape Mogwai, Camera Obscura, Sandie Shaw and Ivy. 49 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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