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Nik Kershaw

Alternative rock
Alternative rockRhythm and bluesSynth-pop

Nik Kershaw is a Alternative rock and Rhythm and blues act. Their catalogue also touches Synth-pop. Their sound grew out of Miriam Stockley, John Parr, Steely Dan and Weather Report. Those roots explain a lot about how Nik Kershaw arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Thompson Twins, Mike & The Mechanics, Climie Fisher, Spandau Ballet and Go West, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Sia, Gary Barlow, Howard Jones, Andy Bell and Steve Hackett, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 44 connections around Nik Kershaw, reaching back through Miriam Stockley and forward to Sia. 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
Nik KershawMiriam StockleyJohn ParrSteely DanWeather ReportSiaGary BarlowHoward JonesAndy BellSteve HackettGeorge MichaelMichael W. SmithKim WildeThompson TwinsMike & The MechanicsClimie FisherSpandau BalletGo WestKim WildeABCFine Young Cannibals

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Nik Kershaw connections

Nik Kershaw grew out of Miriam Stockley, John Parr, Steely Dan and Weather Report, shares an orbit with Thompson Twins, Mike & The Mechanics, Climie Fisher and Spandau Ballet, went on to shape Sia, Gary Barlow, Howard Jones and Andy Bell. 44 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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