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The Boomtown Rats

Punk rock
Punk rock

The Boomtown Rats is a Punk rock act. Their sound grew out of The Style Council, Phil Lynott, Arnold Layne, Woody Guthrie and Tom Petty. Those roots explain a lot about how The Boomtown Rats arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Bob Geldof, Adam and the Ants, Tom Robinson Band, The Jam and The Undertones, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Band Aid, Kirsty MacColl and Spike Edney, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 24 connections around The Boomtown Rats, reaching back through The Style Council and forward to Band Aid. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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The Boomtown RatsThe Style CouncilPhil LynottArnold LayneWoody GuthrieTom PettyBand AidKirsty MacCollSpike EdneyBob GeldofAdam and the AntsTom Robinson BandThe JamThe UndertonesJoe JacksonElvis Costello & The…Ian Dury

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The Boomtown Rats connections

The Boomtown Rats grew out of The Style Council, Phil Lynott, Arnold Layne and Woody Guthrie, shares an orbit with Bob Geldof, Adam and the Ants, Tom Robinson Band and The Jam, went on to shape Band Aid, Kirsty MacColl and Spike Edney. 24 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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