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Marc Almond

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Rock

Marc Almond is a Rock act. Their sound grew out of David Bowie, Gene Pitney, Summertime Sadness, Carl Barât and Saint Etienne. Those roots explain a lot about how Marc Almond arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Ultravox, ABC, Erasure, Pet Shop Boys and Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into The The, Heaven 17, Jóhann Jóhannsson, ANOHNI and Bronski Beat, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 54 connections around Marc Almond, reaching back through David Bowie and forward to The The. 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
Marc AlmondDavid BowieGene PitneySummertime SadnessCarl BarâtSaint EtienneLove in the Time of …Ferry CorstenJohn BalanceThe TheHeaven 17Jóhann JóhannssonANOHNIBronski BeatAnne DudleyUltravoxABCErasurePet Shop BoysOrchestral Manoeuvre…Culture ClubPropagandaThompson Twins

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Marc Almond connections

Marc Almond grew out of David Bowie, Gene Pitney, Summertime Sadness and Carl Barât, shares an orbit with Ultravox, ABC, Erasure and Pet Shop Boys, went on to shape The The, Heaven 17, Jóhann Jóhannsson and ANOHNI. 54 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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