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Spotlight Kid is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Swervedriver, Lush, Captain Beefheart, Six By Seven and Spacemen 3. Those roots explain a lot about how Spotlight Kid arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Presents For Sally, The Sunshine Factory, Crash City Saints, Drowner and Bloody Knives, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Jake Bugg, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 25 connections around Spotlight Kid, reaching back through Swervedriver and forward to Jake Bugg. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Spotlight Kid were an English, Nottingham-based shoegaze band, whose original line-up was Six By Seven drummer Chris Davis on drums, Rob McCleary & Katty Heath on vocals, Karl Skivington and Chris Moore on guitars and Matt Holt on bass.
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Spotlight Kid connections
Spotlight Kid grew out of Swervedriver, Lush, Captain Beefheart and Six By Seven, shares an orbit with Presents For Sally, The Sunshine Factory, Crash City Saints and Drowner, went on to shape Jake Bugg. 25 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced Spotlight Kid
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