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The Cruel Sea

The Cruel Sea is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Captain Beefheart, John Lee Hooker and Tony Joe White. Those roots explain a lot about how The Cruel Sea arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Hunters & Collectors, Regurgitator, Powderfinger, Cold Chisel and Jebediah, 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 26 connections around The Cruel Sea, reaching back through Captain Beefheart and forward to Powderfinger. 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 Cruel SeaCaptain BeefheartJohn Lee HookerTony Joe WhitePowderfingerHunters & CollectorsRegurgitatorPowderfingerCold ChiselJebediahGrinspoonYou Am IThe Screaming Jets

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The Cruel Sea connections

The Cruel Sea grew out of Captain Beefheart, John Lee Hooker and Tony Joe White, shares an orbit with Hunters & Collectors, Regurgitator, Powderfinger and Cold Chisel, went on to shape Powderfinger. 26 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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