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Pauline Black

Ska
Ska

Pauline Black is a Ska act. Their sound grew out of The Specials. Those roots explain a lot about how Pauline Black arrange songs and choose their tones. Their influence carried into Jean-Jacques Burnel and Gorillaz, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 3 connections around Pauline Black, reaching back through The Specials and forward to Jean-Jacques Burnel. 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
Pauline BlackThe SpecialsJean-Jacques BurnelGorillaz

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Pauline Black connections

Pauline Black grew out of The Specials, went on to shape Jean-Jacques Burnel and Gorillaz. 3 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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