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Silver Apples

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Electronic

Silver Apples is a Electronic act. Their sound grew out of The Black Angels and Sonic Boom. Those roots explain a lot about how Silver Apples arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The United States of America, Amon Düül II, Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band, The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band and Kaleidoscope, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Beastie Boys, Beck, Silver Jews, Simian Mobile Disco and Moby, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 28 connections around Silver Apples, reaching back through The Black Angels and forward to Beastie Boys. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Silver ApplesThe Black AngelsSonic BoomBeastie BoysBeckSilver JewsSimian Mobile DiscoMobyAnimal CollectiveSuicideSpacemen 3The United States of…Amon Düül IICaptain Beefheart & …The West Coast Pop A…KaleidoscopeThis HeatUltimate SpinachSyd Barrett

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Silver Apples connections

Silver Apples grew out of The Black Angels and Sonic Boom, shares an orbit with The United States of America, Amon Düül II, Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band and The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band, went on to shape Beastie Boys, Beck, Silver Jews and Simian Mobile Disco. 28 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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