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The Ordinary Boys is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Stephen Street, The English Beat, The Twang and Morrissey. Those roots explain a lot about how The Ordinary Boys arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Futureheads, Little Man Tate, The Enemy, Milburn and Hard-Fi, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Kaiser Chiefs, Olly Murs, Kylie Minogue, Enrique Iglesias and John Newman, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 39 connections around The Ordinary Boys, reaching back through Stephen Street and forward to Kaiser Chiefs. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
The Ordinary Boys are an English indie rock band from Worthing, West Sussex. Originally named Next in Line, they are influenced by punk rock and Britpop music. Their name derives from a Morrissey song, "The Ordinary Boys". The membership of the band that originally split up in 2008 consisted of founding members Preston, William Brown, James Gregory (bass), and Simon Goldring (drums). In October 2015, they returned with a new self-titled album on their own imprint label Treat Yourself. A 25-date UK tour from mid-October 2015 to mid-November 2015 to promote the album followed.
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The Ordinary Boys connections
The Ordinary Boys grew out of Stephen Street, The English Beat, The Twang and Morrissey, shares an orbit with The Futureheads, Little Man Tate, The Enemy and Milburn, went on to shape Kaiser Chiefs, Olly Murs, Kylie Minogue and Enrique Iglesias. 39 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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