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Sex Pistols is a Punk rock act. Their sound grew out of David Bowie, Chuck Berry, Eddie Cochran, The Rolling Stones and The Who. Those roots explain a lot about how Sex Pistols arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Sid Vicious, Dead Boys, Stiff Little Fingers, Sham 69 and Buzzcocks, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into The Police, Shane MacGowan, Motörhead, Mötley Crüe and Skid Row, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 191 connections around Sex Pistols, reaching back through David Bowie and forward to The Police. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Sex Pistols connections
Sex Pistols grew out of David Bowie, Chuck Berry, Eddie Cochran and The Rolling Stones, shares an orbit with Sid Vicious, Dead Boys, Stiff Little Fingers and Sham 69, went on to shape The Police, Shane MacGowan, Motörhead and Mötley Crüe. 191 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced Sex Pistols
Sounds and acts that shaped Sex Pistols.
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Artists similar to Sex Pistols
Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with Sex Pistols.
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Bands Sex Pistols shaped
Where the influence of Sex Pistols travelled next.
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