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Pink Flag is a Punk rock act. Their sound grew out of Ramones. Those roots explain a lot about how Pink Flag arrange songs and choose their tones. Their influence carried into R.E.M., Elastica, Graham Coxon, Blur and Hüsker Dü, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 6 connections around Pink Flag, reaching back through Ramones and forward to R.E.M.. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Pink Flag is the debut studio album by the British post-punk band Wire. It was released 25 November 1977 through Harvest Records. It was produced by Mike Thorne, recorded from September to October, 1977, in Advision Studios, London. The album was acclaimed on release, and has since been highly influential; today it is regarded as a landmark in the development of post-punk music.
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Pink Flag grew out of Ramones, went on to shape R.E.M., Elastica, Graham Coxon and Blur. 6 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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