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Mark E. Smith

Rap
RapWorld music

Mark E. Smith is a Rap and World music act. Their sound grew out of Sex Pistols, Black Sabbath, The Monks and Black Monk Time. Those roots explain a lot about how Mark E. Smith arrange songs and choose their tones. Their influence carried into Fat White Family, Stephen Malkmus, Edwyn Collins, Elastica and Gorillaz, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 16 connections around Mark E. Smith, reaching back through Sex Pistols and forward to Fat White Family. 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
Mark E. SmithSex PistolsBlack SabbathThe MonksBlack Monk TimeFat White FamilyStephen MalkmusEdwyn CollinsElasticaGorillazLong Fin KilliePavementLiam Gallagher

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Mark E. Smith connections

Mark E. Smith grew out of Sex Pistols, Black Sabbath, The Monks and Black Monk Time, went on to shape Fat White Family, Stephen Malkmus, Edwyn Collins and Elastica. 16 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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