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Paranoid Android is a Rap act. Their sound grew out of The Beatles, Queen, Pixies, Pink Floyd and Portishead. Those roots explain a lot about how Paranoid Android arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Karma Police, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Altogether the chart holds 6 connections around Paranoid Android, reaching back through The Beatles. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
"Paranoid Android" is a song by English alternative rock band Radiohead, released as the lead single from their third studio album, OK Computer (1997), on 26 May 1997. The lyrics were written by singer Thom Yorke following an unpleasant experience in a Los Angeles bar. The song is over six minutes long and contains four sections. The name is taken from Marvin the Paranoid Android from the science fiction series The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
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Paranoid Android grew out of The Beatles, Queen, Pixies and Pink Floyd, shares an orbit with Karma Police. 6 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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