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Syd Barrett is a Progressive rock and Psychedelic rock act. Their catalogue also touches Rock. Their sound grew out of The Peel Session, The Radio One Sessions, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and Bo Diddley. Those roots explain a lot about how Syd Barrett arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Jefferson Airplane, The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band, Kaleidoscope, The United States of America and Os Mutantes, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Placebo, A Northern Soul, Mystery Jets, The Legendary Pink Dots and East Bay Ray, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 55 connections around Syd Barrett, reaching back through The Peel Session and forward to Placebo. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Syd Barrett connections
Syd Barrett grew out of The Peel Session, The Radio One Sessions, The Beatles and The Rolling Stones, shares an orbit with Jefferson Airplane, The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band, Kaleidoscope and The United States of America, went on to shape Placebo, A Northern Soul, Mystery Jets and The Legendary Pink Dots. 55 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced Syd Barrett
Sounds and acts that shaped Syd Barrett.
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Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with Syd Barrett.
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Bands Syd Barrett shaped
Where the influence of Syd Barrett travelled next.
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