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The Controllers

The Controllers is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Frederick Knight. Those roots explain a lot about how The Controllers arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Whispers, S.O.S. Band, Loose Ends, Skyy and Brothers Johnson, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into The Go-Go's, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 22 connections around The Controllers, reaching back through Frederick Knight and forward to The Go-Go's. 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 ControllersFrederick KnightThe Go-Go'sThe WhispersS.O.S. BandLoose EndsSkyyBrothers JohnsonThe Jones GirlsOne WayChange

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The Controllers connections

The Controllers grew out of Frederick Knight, shares an orbit with The Whispers, S.O.S. Band, Loose Ends and Skyy, went on to shape The Go-Go's. 22 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

Who influenced The Controllers

Roots1

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