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Rico Blanco

Rico Blanco is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Parokya Ni Edgar, The Beatles, XTC, The Cure and The Smiths. Those roots explain a lot about how Rico Blanco arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Parokya Ni Edgar, Eraserheads, IV Of Spades, Arthur Nery and Yeng Constantino, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into IV Of Spades, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 25 connections around Rico Blanco, reaching back through Parokya Ni Edgar and forward to IV Of Spades. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

Rico Rene Granados Blanco is a Filipino singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, actor, endorser and entrepreneur. He began his career as one of the founding members, and served as the chief songwriter, vocalist, guitarist, and keyboardist of the Filipino rock band Rivermaya from 1994 until 2007, and has been a solo artist since 2008.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Rico BlancoParokya Ni EdgarThe BeatlesXTCThe CureThe SmithsU2Echo & the BunnymenThe ClashIV Of SpadesParokya Ni EdgarEraserheadsIV Of SpadesArthur NeryYeng Constantino

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Rico Blanco connections

Rico Blanco grew out of Parokya Ni Edgar, The Beatles, XTC and The Cure, shares an orbit with Parokya Ni Edgar, Eraserheads, IV Of Spades and Arthur Nery, went on to shape IV Of Spades. 25 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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