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Scritti Politti

Punk rock
Punk rock

Scritti Politti is a Punk rock act. Their sound grew out of Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Eurythmics, Zapp, Chaka Khan and Al Jarreau. Those roots explain a lot about how Scritti Politti arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Prefab Sprout, ABC, Thompson Twins, Go West and Propaganda, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Neon Nights, Orange Juice, I like it when you sleep, for you are so beautiful yet so unaware of it, Red Krayola and Mad Not Mad, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 44 connections around Scritti Politti, reaching back through Ali Shaheed Muhammad and forward to Neon Nights. 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
Scritti PolittiAli Shaheed MuhammadEurythmicsZappChaka KhanAl JarreauRoger TroutmanMarcus MillerRogerNeon NightsOrange JuiceI like it when you s…Red KrayolaMad Not MadThe Depreciation GuildWet Wet WetKeshaPrefab SproutABCThompson TwinsGo WestPropagandaOrchestral Manoeuvre…UltravoxThe Blue Nile

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Scritti Politti connections

Scritti Politti grew out of Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Eurythmics, Zapp and Chaka Khan, shares an orbit with Prefab Sprout, ABC, Thompson Twins and Go West, went on to shape Neon Nights, Orange Juice, I like it when you sleep, for you are so beautiful yet so unaware of it and Red Krayola. 44 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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Roots21

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Kindred12

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Bands Scritti Politti shaped

Legacy11

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