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Sam's Town is a Indie rock and Rap act. Their sound grew out of U2, Duran Duran, Bruce Springsteen, The Beatles and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. Those roots explain a lot about how Sam's Town arrange songs and choose their tones. Their influence carried into Pet Shop Boys and Jon Bon Jovi, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 9 connections around Sam's Town, reaching back through U2 and forward to Pet Shop Boys. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Sam's Town is the second studio album by American rock band the Killers. It was released on September 27, 2006, by Island Records. Regarding the album, frontman Brandon Flowers noted that he "wanted to create an album that captured, chronologically, everything important that got me to where I am today". Sam's Town has sold almost five million copies worldwide.
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Sam's Town grew out of U2, Duran Duran, Bruce Springsteen and The Beatles, went on to shape Pet Shop Boys and Jon Bon Jovi. 9 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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