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The Go-Go's is a Alternative rock and Punk rock act. Their sound grew out of Tim Cappello, The Controllers, Madness, The Specials and Girlschool. Those roots explain a lot about how The Go-Go's arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Belinda Carlisle, The Fixx, Divinyls, Wang Chung and Thompson Twins, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Green Day, Elton John, Billy Joel, David Crosby and Paul Simon, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 46 connections around The Go-Go's, reaching back through Tim Cappello and forward to Green Day. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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The Go-Go's connections
The Go-Go's grew out of Tim Cappello, The Controllers, Madness and The Specials, shares an orbit with Belinda Carlisle, The Fixx, Divinyls and Wang Chung, went on to shape Green Day, Elton John, Billy Joel and David Crosby. 46 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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