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The Only Ones is a Punk rock act. Their sound grew out of Duran Duran, Talk Talk, The Human League, Kajagoogoo and Squeeze. Those roots explain a lot about how The Only Ones arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Undertones, The Adverts, The Jam, Buzzcocks and Ian Dury, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Manic Street Preachers, The Sisters of Mercy, Marianne Faithfull, The Replacements and Blur, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 33 connections around The Only Ones, reaching back through Duran Duran and forward to Manic Street Preachers. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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The Only Ones connections
The Only Ones grew out of Duran Duran, Talk Talk, The Human League and Kajagoogoo, shares an orbit with The Undertones, The Adverts, The Jam and Buzzcocks, went on to shape Manic Street Preachers, The Sisters of Mercy, Marianne Faithfull and The Replacements. 33 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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