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Scouting for Girls is an act on the Starverb influence map. They run in the same orbit as Blossoms, The Courteeners, Orson, Jamie T and The Hunna, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into James Blunt, 5 Seconds of Summer and Louis Tomlinson, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 26 connections around Scouting for Girls and forward to James Blunt. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Scouting for Girls are an English pop rock band. Their name is a play on the title of the 1908 Scouting handbook Scouting for Boys. The band was formed in 2005 by three childhood friends from London, Roy Stride on vocals, piano and guitar, Greg Churchouse on bass guitar and James Rowlands on drums. They signed to Epic Records in 2007 and released their self-titled debut album that September and it reached No. 1 on the UK Albums Chart in 2008. To date, it has sold over one million copies in the UK. Over their career, Scouting for Girls have had eight top 40 singles, sold over four million records in the UK and received over one billion global streams. They have been nominated for four Brit Awards, in 2009 and 2011, and one Ivor Novello Award in 2011.
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Scouting for Girls connections
Scouting for Girls shares an orbit with Blossoms, The Courteeners, Orson and Jamie T, went on to shape James Blunt, 5 Seconds of Summer and Louis Tomlinson. 26 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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