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The Expanders

The Expanders is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Fortunate Youth, Burning Spear, The Gladiators, The Ethiopians and The Itals. Those roots explain a lot about how The Expanders arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Expendables, Tribal Seeds, Steel Pulse, The Movement and Arise Roots, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Cocoa Tea and Queen Omega, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 31 connections around The Expanders, reaching back through Fortunate Youth and forward to Cocoa Tea. 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 ExpandersFortunate YouthBurning SpearThe GladiatorsThe EthiopiansThe ItalsLittle RoyYabby YouToots HibbertCocoa TeaQueen OmegaThe ExpendablesTribal SeedsSteel PulseThe MovementArise RootsIya TerraSublime with RomeIration

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The Expanders connections

The Expanders grew out of Fortunate Youth, Burning Spear, The Gladiators and The Ethiopians, shares an orbit with The Expendables, Tribal Seeds, Steel Pulse and The Movement, went on to shape Cocoa Tea and Queen Omega. 31 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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