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Symarip is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Derrick Morgan. Those roots explain a lot about how Symarip arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Prince Buster, Judge Dread, Derrick Morgan, The Selecter and Bad Manners, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into The Pioneers, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 25 connections around Symarip, reaching back through Derrick Morgan and forward to The Pioneers. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Symarip were a British ska and reggae band, originating in the late 1960s, when Frank Pitter and Michael Thomas founded the band as The Bees. The band's name was originally spelled Simaryp, which is an approximate reversal of the word pyramids. Consisting of members of West Indian descent, Simaryp is widely marked as one of the first skinhead reggae bands, being one of the first to target skinheads as an audience. Their hits included "Skinhead Girl", "Skinhead Jamboree" and "Skinhead Moonstomp", the latter based on the Derrick Morgan song, "Moon Hop".
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Symarip connections
Symarip grew out of Derrick Morgan, shares an orbit with Prince Buster, Judge Dread, Derrick Morgan and The Selecter, went on to shape The Pioneers. 25 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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