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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 Thin Lizzy, Pete Doherty, Babyshambles, DMA's and The Snuts. 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, Kasabian and Blossoms, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Kungs, The Zutons, Mando Diao, The Dandy Warhols and Viola Beach, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 50 connections around The Kooks, reaching back through Thin Lizzy and forward to Kungs. 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 KooksThin LizzyPete DohertyBabyshamblesDMA'sThe SnutsJoywaveAkira The DonMumm-RaKungsThe ZutonsMando DiaoThe Dandy WarholsViola BeachFinleyCatfish and the Bott…The CoronasKaiser ChiefsThe VaccinesThe CourteenersKasabianBlossomsHard-FiDirty Pretty ThingsTwo Door Cinema Club

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The Kooks connections

The Kooks grew out of Thin Lizzy, Pete Doherty, Babyshambles and DMA's, shares an orbit with Kaiser Chiefs, The Vaccines, The Courteeners and Kasabian, went on to shape Kungs, The Zutons, Mando Diao and The Dandy Warhols. 50 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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