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The 4-Skins

Punk rock
Punk rock

The 4-Skins is a Punk rock act. Their sound grew out of Sham 69 and Slade. Those roots explain a lot about how The 4-Skins arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Business, The Oppressed, Sham 69, The Partisans and Peter and the Test Tube Babies, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Angelic Upstarts, Cockney Rejects, Cock Sparrer and The Business, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 14 connections around The 4-Skins, reaching back through Sham 69 and forward to Angelic Upstarts. 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
The 4-SkinsSham 69SladeAngelic UpstartsCockney RejectsCock SparrerThe BusinessThe BusinessThe OppressedSham 69The PartisansPeter and the Test T…OxymoronSkrewdriverThe Casualties

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The 4-Skins connections

The 4-Skins grew out of Sham 69 and Slade, shares an orbit with The Business, The Oppressed, Sham 69 and The Partisans, went on to shape Angelic Upstarts, Cockney Rejects, Cock Sparrer and The Business. 14 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

Who influenced The 4-Skins

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