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Scissor Sisters

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Scissor Sisters is a Electronic act. Their sound grew out of Siriusmo, Junkie XL, Mylo, Vengaboys and Pink Floyd. Those roots explain a lot about how Scissor Sisters arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Dannii Minogue, Little Boots, La Roux, Erasure and Madonna, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Mika, Lily Allen, Amadou & Mariam, Gossip and Beautiful, Dirty, Rich, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 42 connections around Scissor Sisters, reaching back through Siriusmo and forward to Mika. 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
Scissor SistersSiriusmoJunkie XLMyloVengaboysPink FloydRoger WatersDavid GilmourElton JohnMikaLily AllenAmadou & MariamGossipBeautiful, Dirty, RichSonja SajzorSneaky Sound SystemDannii MinogueLittle BootsLa RouxErasureMadonnaRachel StevensBasement JaxxRóisín Murphy

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Scissor Sisters connections

Scissor Sisters grew out of Siriusmo, Junkie XL, Mylo and Vengaboys, shares an orbit with Dannii Minogue, Little Boots, La Roux and Erasure, went on to shape Mika, Lily Allen, Amadou & Mariam and Gossip. 42 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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Roots16

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