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The Deviants

Psychedelic rock
Psychedelic rock

The Deviants is a Psychedelic rock act. Their sound grew out of John Cale, Phil Taylor, The Who, Charles Mingus and The Velvet Underground. Those roots explain a lot about how The Deviants arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Outsiders, The Amboy Dukes, Kaleidoscope, Spirit and John's Children, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Sex Pistols, Pink Fairies and Twink, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 28 connections around The Deviants, reaching back through John Cale and forward to Sex Pistols. 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 DeviantsJohn CalePhil TaylorThe WhoCharles MingusThe Velvet UndergroundFrank ZappaThe YardbirdsThe Pretty ThingsSex PistolsPink FairiesTwinkThe OutsidersThe Amboy DukesKaleidoscopeSpiritJohn's ChildrenTomorrowThe United States of…Twink

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The Deviants connections

The Deviants grew out of John Cale, Phil Taylor, The Who and Charles Mingus, shares an orbit with The Outsiders, The Amboy Dukes, Kaleidoscope and Spirit, went on to shape Sex Pistols, Pink Fairies and Twink. 28 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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