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Maximum Joy is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of The Slits, Gang of Four, Afrika Bambaataa, The Sugarhill Gang and Timmy Thomas. Those roots explain a lot about how Maximum Joy arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Konk, ESG, Au Pairs, The Pop Group and Josef K, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Massive Attack, Björk, Madonna, Garbage and U2, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 21 connections around Maximum Joy, reaching back through The Slits and forward to Massive Attack. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Maximum Joy connections
Maximum Joy grew out of The Slits, Gang of Four, Afrika Bambaataa and The Sugarhill Gang, shares an orbit with Konk, ESG, Au Pairs and The Pop Group, went on to shape Massive Attack, Björk, Madonna and Garbage. 21 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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