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Modern Romance is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Level 42, The Temptations and Baltimora. Those roots explain a lot about how Modern Romance arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Shalamar, ABC, Jason Donovan, Thompson Twins and Spandau Ballet, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Divine, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 23 connections around Modern Romance, reaching back through Level 42 and forward to Divine. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Modern Romance is a British pop music band that found popularity in the early 1980s. Formed in 1980 by previous members of an earlier group, the Leyton Buzzards, the band achieved a string of UK chart hits before the original group broke up in 1985. Andy Kyriacou reformed the band in 1999 who continue to perform the group's music.
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Modern Romance connections
Modern Romance grew out of Level 42, The Temptations and Baltimora, shares an orbit with Shalamar, ABC, Jason Donovan and Thompson Twins, went on to shape Divine. 23 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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