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Test Dept

Industrial
Industrial

Test Dept is a Industrial act. They run in the same orbit as Throbbing Gristle, Psychic TV, Haujobb, Chrome and Numb, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into The The, Swans, Grazhdanskaya Oborona, Depeche Mode and Soft Cell, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 12 connections around Test Dept and forward to The The. 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
Test DeptThe TheSwansGrazhdanskaya OboronaDepeche ModeSoft CellThrobbing GristlePsychic TVHaujobbChromeNumbMy Life with the Thr…Ministry

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Test Dept connections

Test Dept shares an orbit with Throbbing Gristle, Psychic TV, Haujobb and Chrome, went on to shape The The, Swans, Grazhdanskaya Oborona and Depeche Mode. 12 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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