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Material is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Gong, Daevid Allen, Captain Beefheart, Sonny Sharrock and Nona Hendryx. Those roots explain a lot about how Material arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Konk, Psychic TV, ESG, Dinosaur L and The Pop Group, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Nona Hendryx, Herbie Hancock, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Marilyn Manson and The Red Hot Chili Peppers, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 29 connections around Material, reaching back through Gong and forward to Nona Hendryx. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Material connections
Material grew out of Gong, Daevid Allen, Captain Beefheart and Sonny Sharrock, shares an orbit with Konk, Psychic TV, ESG and Dinosaur L, went on to shape Nona Hendryx, Herbie Hancock, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Marilyn Manson. 29 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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