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Sneaker Pimps

Trip hop
Trip hop

Sneaker Pimps is a Trip hop act. Their sound grew out of The Wicker Man, Massive Attack, Portishead, Tricky and Kraftwerk. Those roots explain a lot about how Sneaker Pimps arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Massive Attack, Portishead, Moloko, RJD2 and Mr. Scruff, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Girls Against Boys, Marilyn Manson, London Grammar, IAMX and Natalie Imbruglia, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 22 connections around Sneaker Pimps, reaching back through The Wicker Man and forward to Girls Against Boys. 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
Sneaker PimpsThe Wicker ManMassive AttackPortisheadTrickyKraftwerkOrchestral Manoeuvre…Aphex TwinArmand van HeldenGirls Against BoysMarilyn MansonLondon GrammarIAMXNatalie ImbrugliaPlaceboZero 7Sophie Ellis-BextorMassive AttackPortisheadMolokoRJD2Mr. ScruffAir

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Sneaker Pimps connections

Sneaker Pimps grew out of The Wicker Man, Massive Attack, Portishead and Tricky, shares an orbit with Massive Attack, Portishead, Moloko and RJD2, went on to shape Girls Against Boys, Marilyn Manson, London Grammar and IAMX. 22 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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