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Smalltown Boy is a Synth-pop act. Their sound grew out of Sex Pistols and Frankie Goes to Hollywood. Those roots explain a lot about how Smalltown Boy arrange songs and choose their tones. Their influence carried into Real McCoy, Steve Angello, Supermode, OOMPH! and Brandon Flowers, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 13 connections around Smalltown Boy, reaching back through Sex Pistols and forward to Real McCoy. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
"Smalltown Boy" is the debut single by the British synth-pop band Bronski Beat, released in May 1984 by London Recordings. It was included on Bronski Beat's debut album, The Age of Consent (1984).
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Smalltown Boy grew out of Sex Pistols and Frankie Goes to Hollywood, went on to shape Real McCoy, Steve Angello, Supermode and OOMPH!. 13 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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