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Ted Leo and the Pharmacists

Punk rock
Punk rock

Ted Leo and the Pharmacists is a Punk rock act. Their sound grew out of Stereolab, The Van Pelt, Jejune, Ewan MacColl and Quasi. Those roots explain a lot about how Ted Leo and the Pharmacists arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Thermals, The Hold Steady, Superchunk, The New Pornographers and Titus Andronicus, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Pearl Jam, Against Me! and Future of the Left, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 30 connections around Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, reaching back through Stereolab and forward to Pearl Jam. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Ted Leo and the PharmacistsStereolabThe Van PeltJejuneEwan MacCollQuasiPearl JamAgainst Me!Future of the LeftThe ThermalsThe Hold SteadySuperchunkThe New PornographersTitus AndronicusThe WeakerthansPretty Girls Make Gr…Jets to Brazil

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Ted Leo and the Pharmacists connections

Ted Leo and the Pharmacists grew out of Stereolab, The Van Pelt, Jejune and Ewan MacColl, shares an orbit with The Thermals, The Hold Steady, Superchunk and The New Pornographers, went on to shape Pearl Jam, Against Me! and Future of the Left. 30 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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