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Public Image Ltd.

Rap
Rap

Public Image Ltd. is a Rap act. Their sound grew out of Bim Sherman, Neu!, Skids, Stephen Hague and New Order. Those roots explain a lot about how Public Image Ltd. arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Pop Group, The Slits, Chrome, This Heat and Mission of Burma, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Skindred, The Edge, Propaganda, R. Stevie Moore and Killing Joke, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 45 connections around Public Image Ltd., reaching back through Bim Sherman and forward to Skindred. 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
Public Image Ltd.Bim ShermanNeu!SkidsStephen HagueNew OrderJohn LydonMalcolm McLarenDevoSkindredThe EdgePropagandaR. Stevie MooreKilling JokeThe RaincoatsJared GomesNearly GodThe Pop GroupThe SlitsChromeThis HeatMission of BurmaAu PairsAdam and the AntsThe Soft Boys

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Public Image Ltd. connections

Public Image Ltd. grew out of Bim Sherman, Neu!, Skids and Stephen Hague, shares an orbit with The Pop Group, The Slits, Chrome and This Heat, went on to shape Skindred, The Edge, Propaganda and R. Stevie Moore. 45 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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Roots14

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Kindred11

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