◇ image via WikipediaThe Monochrome Set
The Monochrome Set is a Punk rock act. Their sound grew out of Johnny Marr, Adam and the Ants, Morrissey and Alex Kapranos. Those roots explain a lot about how The Monochrome Set arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Josef K, Au Pairs, Young Marble Giants, Julian Cope and The Pop Group, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into The Smiths, Bananarama and Franz Ferdinand, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 17 connections around The Monochrome Set, reaching back through Johnny Marr and forward to The Smiths. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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The Monochrome Set connections
The Monochrome Set grew out of Johnny Marr, Adam and the Ants, Morrissey and Alex Kapranos, shares an orbit with Josef K, Au Pairs, Young Marble Giants and Julian Cope, went on to shape The Smiths, Bananarama and Franz Ferdinand. 17 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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