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Locksley is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of William Bell. Those roots explain a lot about how Locksley arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Bravery, OK Go, Dear and the Headlights, The Thermals and The Killers, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Rooney, The Hives, Hanson, Ray Davies and Mae, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 38 connections around Locksley, reaching back through William Bell and forward to Rooney. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Locksley is an indie four-piece pop rock/power pop band from Madison, Wisconsin. They are self-released on their own Feature Records label. Their songwriting is heavily influenced by early British Invasion bands with an instrumental style based more on early American punk bands and modern garage rock groups. The band describe their sound as doo-wop punk.
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Locksley connections
Locksley grew out of William Bell, shares an orbit with The Bravery, OK Go, Dear and the Headlights and The Thermals, went on to shape Rooney, The Hives, Hanson and Ray Davies. 38 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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