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Orson is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Johnny Hates Jazz, Led Zeppelin, The Flaming Lips, Beck and Björk. Those roots explain a lot about how Orson arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Feeling, Hard-Fi, Kaiser Chiefs, Scouting for Girls and Dirty Pretty Things, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Iggy Azalea, Jessie J, Sex Pistols, Guns N' Roses and Ozomatli, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 41 connections around Orson, reaching back through Johnny Hates Jazz and forward to Iggy Azalea. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Orson were an American rock band from California, formed in 2000. The band, despite being American, were much more successful in the United Kingdom.
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Orson connections
Orson grew out of Johnny Hates Jazz, Led Zeppelin, The Flaming Lips and Beck, shares an orbit with The Feeling, Hard-Fi, Kaiser Chiefs and Scouting for Girls, went on to shape Iggy Azalea, Jessie J, Sex Pistols and Guns N' Roses. 41 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced Orson
Sounds and acts that shaped Orson.
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