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Richard Hell and the Voidoids

Punk rock
Punk rock

Richard Hell and the Voidoids is a Punk rock act. Their sound grew out of Wire, Television, The Heartbreakers, Bob Dylan and The Rolling Stones. Those roots explain a lot about how Richard Hell and the Voidoids arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Dead Boys, New York Dolls, The Heartbreakers, Buzzcocks and The Stooges, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Pixies, Ramones, The Raconteurs, Minutemen and D. Boon, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 35 connections around Richard Hell and the Voidoids, reaching back through Wire and forward to Pixies. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Richard Hell and the VoidoidsWireTelevisionThe HeartbreakersBob DylanThe Rolling StonesThe BeatlesThe StoogesThe Velvet UndergroundPixiesRamonesThe RaconteursMinutemenD. BoonDead BoysNew York DollsThe HeartbreakersBuzzcocksThe StoogesThe UndertonesStiv BatorsThe Adverts

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Richard Hell and the Voidoids connections

Richard Hell and the Voidoids grew out of Wire, Television, The Heartbreakers and Bob Dylan, shares an orbit with Dead Boys, New York Dolls, The Heartbreakers and Buzzcocks, went on to shape Pixies, Ramones, The Raconteurs and Minutemen. 35 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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