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Soft Cell is a Electronic and Electropop act. Their catalogue also touches Synth-pop. Their sound grew out of David Bowie, Marc Bolan, Suicide, Siouxsie Sioux and Peter Hammill. Those roots explain a lot about how Soft Cell arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, Ultravox, Pet Shop Boys, Depeche Mode and Thompson Twins, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into a-ha, David Gray, Nine Inch Nails, Erasure and Charli XCX, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 48 connections around Soft Cell, reaching back through David Bowie and forward to a-ha. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Soft Cell connections
Soft Cell grew out of David Bowie, Marc Bolan, Suicide and Siouxsie Sioux, shares an orbit with Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, Ultravox, Pet Shop Boys and Depeche Mode, went on to shape a-ha, David Gray, Nine Inch Nails and Erasure. 48 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced Soft Cell
Sounds and acts that shaped Soft Cell.
Artists similar to Soft Cell
Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with Soft Cell.
- Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Darkartist
- Ultravoxartist
- Pet Shop Boysartist
- Depeche Modeartist
- Thompson Twinsartist
- ABCartist
- Propagandaartist
- Bronski Beatartist
- Adam and the Antsartist
- Tubeway Armyartist
- Erasureartist
- Frankie Goes to Hollywoodartist
- Eurythmicsartist
- Naked Eyesartist
- Spandau Balletartist
- Culture Clubartist
- Alphavilleartist
- a-haartist
- Adam Antartist
Bands Soft Cell shaped
Where the influence of Soft Cell travelled next.
- a-haartist
- David Grayartist
- Nine Inch Nailsartist
- Erasureartist
- Charli XCXartist
- Marilyn Mansonartist
- Electra Heartartist
- The Dresden Dollsartist
- Never Let Me Down Againartist
- The Day Before You Cameartist
- The Pigeon Detectivesartist
- Psychic TVartist
- In Love and Deathartist
- My Ruinartist
- Tears for Fearsartist
- The Presetsartist
- Sarah and the Safe Wordartist
- Pet Shop Boysartist
- The Poguesartist
- Yazooartist
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