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Material is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Live in Japan, Gong, Daevid Allen, Captain Beefheart and Sonny Sharrock. Those roots explain a lot about how Material arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Konk, ESG, Dinosaur L, The Pop Group and Sonny Sharrock, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Nona Hendryx, Herbie Hancock, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Marilyn Manson, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 25 connections around Material, reaching back through Live in Japan and forward to The Red Hot Chili Peppers. 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 Live in Japan, Gong, Daevid Allen and Captain Beefheart, shares an orbit with Konk, ESG, Dinosaur L and The Pop Group, went on to shape The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Nona Hendryx, Herbie Hancock and Red Hot Chili Peppers. 25 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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