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Noiseworks is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of INXS, Ratt, The Rolling Stones, Killing Joke and Marillion. Those roots explain a lot about how Noiseworks arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Australian Crawl, Cold Chisel, Jimmy Barnes, Hunters & Collectors and The Screaming Jets, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Nikka Costa, Eric Clapton, Beck, Prince and Sheryl Crow, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 40 connections around Noiseworks, reaching back through INXS and forward to Nikka Costa. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Noiseworks are an Australian hard rock band formed in Sydney in 1986 with bass guitarist Steve Balbi, guitarist Stuart Fraser, drummer Kevin Nicol, keyboardist Justin Stanley and lead vocalist Jon Stevens. They had four Australian Top 10 albums, Noiseworks (1987), Touch (1988), Love Versus Money (1991) and Greatest Hits (1992). They produced three Top 10 singles, "Take Me Back", "Touch" and "Hot Chilli Woman" before disbanding in 1992. Reunion tours occurred in 1999, 2004, 2007–2008, 2011, 2013. The band later reformed in 2016 and in August 2022, released "Heart & Soul"; their first new song in 30 years. Noiseworks' fourth studio album, Evolution was released in November 2022.
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Noiseworks connections
Noiseworks grew out of INXS, Ratt, The Rolling Stones and Killing Joke, shares an orbit with Australian Crawl, Cold Chisel, Jimmy Barnes and Hunters & Collectors, went on to shape Nikka Costa, Eric Clapton, Beck and Prince. 40 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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