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Men at Work is a Alternative rock and Reggae act. Their catalogue also touches Rock. Their sound grew out of Madison Avenue and Mondo Rock. Those roots explain a lot about how Men at Work arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Fixx, Spandau Ballet, Huey Lewis & The News, Hall & Oates and Oingo Boingo, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Antis, Lazlo Bane, Ninja Sex Party and INXS, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 32 connections around Men at Work, reaching back through Madison Avenue and forward to Antis. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Men at Work connections
Men at Work grew out of Madison Avenue and Mondo Rock, shares an orbit with The Fixx, Spandau Ballet, Huey Lewis & The News and Hall & Oates, went on to shape Antis, Lazlo Bane, Ninja Sex Party and INXS. 32 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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