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Midge Ure is a Rock act. Their sound grew out of Big Country, Wolfgang Flür, Phil Lynott, John Foxx and Sex Pistols. Those roots explain a lot about how Midge Ure arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Ultravox, Thompson Twins, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, Spandau Ballet and a-ha, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Heaven 17, X-Perience, Bob Geldof and Simple Minds, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 33 connections around Midge Ure, reaching back through Big Country and forward to Heaven 17. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Midge Ure connections
Midge Ure grew out of Big Country, Wolfgang Flür, Phil Lynott and John Foxx, shares an orbit with Ultravox, Thompson Twins, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark and Spandau Ballet, went on to shape Heaven 17, X-Perience, Bob Geldof and Simple Minds. 33 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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