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The Aggrolites

Reggae
Reggae

The Aggrolites is a Reggae act. Their sound grew out of Scotty, Prince Buster, Tim Armstrong, Derrick Morgan and Phyllis Dillon. Those roots explain a lot about how The Aggrolites arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Pietasters, Hepcat, Westbound Train, The Heptones and The Skints, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into The Aquabats, The Skints, Sever, Slightly Stoopid and Skye Sweetnam, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 27 connections around The Aggrolites, reaching back through Scotty and forward to The Aquabats. 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 AggrolitesScottyPrince BusterTim ArmstrongDerrick MorganPhyllis DillonThe AquabatsThe SkintsSeverSlightly StoopidSkye SweetnamTim ArmstrongMadnessThe PietastersHepcatWestbound TrainThe HeptonesThe SkintsSymaripToots and the MaytalsThe Selecter

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The Aggrolites connections

The Aggrolites grew out of Scotty, Prince Buster, Tim Armstrong and Derrick Morgan, shares an orbit with The Pietasters, Hepcat, Westbound Train and The Heptones, went on to shape The Aquabats, The Skints, Sever and Slightly Stoopid. 27 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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