◇ image via WikipediaThe Lightning Seeds
The Lightning Seeds is a Synth-pop act. Their sound grew out of Prince, Alison Moyet, The Beautiful South and Zak Starkey. Those roots explain a lot about how The Lightning Seeds arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Ocean Colour Scene, Shed Seven, Cast, James and The Seahorses, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Miles Kane, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 17 connections around The Lightning Seeds, reaching back through Prince and forward to Miles Kane. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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The Lightning Seeds connections
The Lightning Seeds grew out of Prince, Alison Moyet, The Beautiful South and Zak Starkey, shares an orbit with Ocean Colour Scene, Shed Seven, Cast and James, went on to shape Miles Kane. 17 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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