◇ image via WikipediaThe Cruel Sea
The Cruel Sea is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of John Lee Hooker, Tony Joe White and Captain Beefheart. Those roots explain a lot about how The Cruel Sea arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Regurgitator, Powderfinger, Grinspoon, You Am I and The Screaming Jets, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Powderfinger, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 18 connections around The Cruel Sea, reaching back through John Lee Hooker and forward to Powderfinger. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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The Cruel Sea connections
The Cruel Sea grew out of John Lee Hooker, Tony Joe White and Captain Beefheart, shares an orbit with Regurgitator, Powderfinger, Grinspoon and You Am I, went on to shape Powderfinger. 18 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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