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The Heartbreakers

Punk rock
Punk rock

The Heartbreakers is a Punk rock act. Their sound grew out of Television, Tom Petty, Mudcrutch, Del Shannon and New York Dolls. Those roots explain a lot about how The Heartbreakers arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as New York Dolls, Richard Hell and the Voidoids, Dead Boys, The Stooges and Generation X, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Richard Hell and the Voidoids, Motörhead and Scritti Politti, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 26 connections around The Heartbreakers, reaching back through Television and forward to Richard Hell and the Voidoids. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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The HeartbreakersTelevisionTom PettyMudcrutchDel ShannonNew York DollsRichard Hell and the…MotörheadScritti PolittiNew York DollsRichard Hell and the…Dead BoysThe StoogesGeneration XIggy PopStiff Little FingersStiv Bators

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The Heartbreakers connections

The Heartbreakers grew out of Television, Tom Petty, Mudcrutch and Del Shannon, shares an orbit with New York Dolls, Richard Hell and the Voidoids, Dead Boys and The Stooges, went on to shape Richard Hell and the Voidoids, Motörhead and Scritti Politti. 26 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

Who influenced The Heartbreakers

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Sounds and acts that shaped The Heartbreakers.

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Bands The Heartbreakers shaped

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