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Splinter is a Trip hop act. Their sound grew out of Badfinger, The Beatles, George Harrison and John Lennon. Those roots explain a lot about how Splinter arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Big Boy, The Flower Kings, Jethro Tull, Klaatu and The Moody Blues, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Duran Duran, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 14 connections around Splinter, reaching back through Badfinger and forward to Duran Duran. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Splinter was an English two-man vocal group from South Shields, England, consisting of Bill Elliott and Bobby Purvis, who formed in the early 1970s.
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Splinter connections
Splinter grew out of Badfinger, The Beatles, George Harrison and John Lennon, shares an orbit with Big Boy, The Flower Kings, Jethro Tull and Klaatu, went on to shape Duran Duran. 14 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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