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Taken by a Stranger

Synth-pop
Synth-pop

Taken by a Stranger is a Synth-pop act. Their sound grew out of The Cure. Those roots explain a lot about how Taken by a Stranger arrange songs and choose their tones. Their influence carried into The BossHoss, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 2 connections around Taken by a Stranger, reaching back through The Cure and forward to The BossHoss. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Taken by a Stranger connections

Taken by a Stranger grew out of The Cure, went on to shape The BossHoss. 2 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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