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The Kooks

Indie rock
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The Kooks is a Indie rock and Rap act. Their sound grew out of Pete Doherty, Babyshambles, DMA's, The Snuts and Joywave. Those roots explain a lot about how The Kooks arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Kaiser Chiefs, The Vaccines, The Courteeners, Blossoms and Hard-Fi, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into The Dandy Warhols, The Zutons, Mando Diao, Kungs and Catfish and the Bottlemen, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 47 connections around The Kooks, reaching back through Pete Doherty and forward to The Dandy Warhols. 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 KooksPete DohertyBabyshamblesDMA'sThe SnutsJoywaveAkira The DonMumm-RaThe NextmenThe Dandy WarholsThe ZutonsMando DiaoKungsCatfish and the Bott…FinleyViola BeachThe CoronasKaiser ChiefsThe VaccinesThe CourteenersBlossomsHard-FiDirty Pretty ThingsTwo Door Cinema ClubThe Zutons

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The Kooks connections

The Kooks grew out of Pete Doherty, Babyshambles, DMA's and The Snuts, shares an orbit with Kaiser Chiefs, The Vaccines, The Courteeners and Blossoms, went on to shape The Dandy Warhols, The Zutons, Mando Diao and Kungs. 47 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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