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Malcolm McLaren

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Rock

Malcolm McLaren is a Rock act. Their sound grew out of Bootsy's Rubber Band, Trevor Horn, Stephen Hague and Bootsy Collins. Those roots explain a lot about how Malcolm McLaren arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Art of Noise, Dexys Midnight Runners, ABC, Thompson Twins and Elvis Costello & The Attractions, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Art of Noise, Because I Love It, Alison Limerick, Doin' Time and Das EFX, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 40 connections around Malcolm McLaren, reaching back through Bootsy's Rubber Band and forward to Art of Noise. 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
Malcolm McLarenBootsy's Rubber BandTrevor HornStephen HagueBootsy CollinsArt of NoiseBecause I Love ItAlison LimerickDoin' TimeDas EFXLiroyMarley MarlSteinskiArt of NoiseDexys Midnight RunnersABCThompson TwinsElvis Costello & The…PropagandaOrchestral Manoeuvre…Grace Jones

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Malcolm McLaren connections

Malcolm McLaren grew out of Bootsy's Rubber Band, Trevor Horn, Stephen Hague and Bootsy Collins, shares an orbit with Art of Noise, Dexys Midnight Runners, ABC and Thompson Twins, went on to shape Art of Noise, Because I Love It, Alison Limerick and Doin' Time. 40 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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