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Nick Kamen

Nick Kamen is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Dead or Alive, Visage, Four Tops and Madonna. Those roots explain a lot about how Nick Kamen arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Climie Fisher, The Christians, Terence Trent D'Arby, Holly Johnson and Cock Robin, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Dead or Alive, Basshunter and A*Teens, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 26 connections around Nick Kamen, reaching back through Dead or Alive and forward to Dead or Alive. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Nick KamenDead or AliveVisageFour TopsMadonnaDead or AliveBasshunterA*TeensClimie FisherThe ChristiansTerence Trent D'ArbyHolly JohnsonCock RobinRafGazeboKim Wilde

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Nick Kamen connections

Nick Kamen grew out of Dead or Alive, Visage, Four Tops and Madonna, shares an orbit with Climie Fisher, The Christians, Terence Trent D'Arby and Holly Johnson, went on to shape Dead or Alive, Basshunter and A*Teens. 26 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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