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The Courteeners is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Blur, Arctic Monkeys, The Prodigy, Ian Brown and White Lies. Those roots explain a lot about how The Courteeners arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Enemy, Blossoms, Reverend and The Makers, The Lathums and The Pigeon Detectives, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Glasvegas, Duffy, Adele, Noah and the Whale and Blossoms, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 49 connections around The Courteeners, reaching back through Blur and forward to Glasvegas. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Courteeners are an English band formed in Middleton, Greater Manchester, in 2006 by Liam Fray, Michael Campbell, Daniel "Conan" Moores and Mark Cuppello (bass); the last was replaced by the band's producer Joe Cross in 2015. They previously toured with pianist Adam Payne, who has been featured on every album, but in 2019 was replaced with Elina Lin. In December 2012, the band dropped "The" from their name, continuing simply as "Courteeners". In 2024, Cross and Lin became official members of the band.
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The Courteeners connections
The Courteeners grew out of Blur, Arctic Monkeys, The Prodigy and Ian Brown, shares an orbit with The Enemy, Blossoms, Reverend and The Makers and The Lathums, went on to shape Glasvegas, Duffy, Adele and Noah and the Whale. 49 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced The Courteeners
Sounds and acts that shaped The Courteeners.
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- The Prodigyartist
- Ian Brownartist
- White Liesartist
- Pulpartist
- Suedeartist
- Yeah Yeah Yeahsartist
- The Coralartist
- The Stone Rosesartist
- Kings of Leonartist
- The Strypesartist
- Miles Kaneartist
- The Killersartist
- The Whipartist
- About You Nowartist
- The La'sartist
- The Smithsartist
- Morrisseyartist
- Paul McCartneyartist
- Franz Ferdinandartist
Artists similar to The Courteeners
Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with The Courteeners.
- The Enemyartist
- Blossomsartist
- Reverend and The Makersartist
- The Lathumsartist
- The Pigeon Detectivesartist
- Milburnartist
- DMA'sartist
- The Royston Clubartist
- Jamie Tartist
- The Reytonsartist
- The Vaccinesartist
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- Sea Girlsartist
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- Scouting for Girlsartist
- Kaiser Chiefsartist
- Wunderhorseartist
- Ocean Colour Sceneartist
- Spectorartist
- The Magic Gangartist
- Castartist
- Little Man Tateartist
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