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Public Image Ltd.

Rap
Rap

Public Image Ltd. is a Rap act. Their sound grew out of Skids, Stephen Hague, New Order, John Lydon and Malcolm McLaren. 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, This Heat, Au Pairs, Adam and the Ants and Bauhaus, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Skindred, Jared Gomes, Killing Joke, The Raincoats and Red Hot Chili Peppers, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 41 connections around Public Image Ltd., reaching back through Skids 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.SkidsStephen HagueNew OrderJohn LydonMalcolm McLarenDevoAfrika BambaataaJohn McLaughlinSkindredJared GomesKilling JokeThe RaincoatsRed Hot Chili PeppersNearly GodClairoWarpaintThe Pop GroupThis HeatAu PairsAdam and the AntsBauhausTubeway ArmyNew Model Army

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Public Image Ltd. connections

Public Image Ltd. grew out of Skids, Stephen Hague, New Order and John Lydon, shares an orbit with The Pop Group, This Heat, Au Pairs and Adam and the Ants, went on to shape Skindred, Jared Gomes, Killing Joke and The Raincoats. 41 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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