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Noiseworks is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of The Angels, Cold Chisel, INXS, Ratt and The Rolling Stones. Those roots explain a lot about how Noiseworks arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Australian Crawl, The Screaming Jets, The Angels, Powderfinger and Grinspoon, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Jason Donovan, Nikka Costa, Eric Clapton, Beck and Prince, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 33 connections around Noiseworks, reaching back through The Angels and forward to Jason Donovan. 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 The Angels, Cold Chisel, INXS and Ratt, shares an orbit with Australian Crawl, The Screaming Jets, The Angels and Powderfinger, went on to shape Jason Donovan, Nikka Costa, Eric Clapton and Beck. 33 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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