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The Pop Group

Punk rock
Punk rock

The Pop Group is a Punk rock act. Their sound grew out of Television, The Who, Dennis Bovell, The Slits and Bedhead. Those roots explain a lot about how The Pop Group arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as This Heat, Public Image Ltd., Wire, Au Pairs and Josef K, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into A Certain Ratio, Firehose, Primal Scream, Sonic Youth and Steve Albini, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 50 connections around The Pop Group, reaching back through Television and forward to A Certain Ratio. 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 Pop GroupTelevisionThe WhoDennis BovellThe SlitsBedheadRed KrayolaJames BrownFunkadelicA Certain RatioFirehosePrimal ScreamSonic YouthSteve AlbiniTrent ReznorNine Inch NailsMassive AttackThis HeatPublic Image Ltd.WireAu PairsJosef KTeenage Jesus and th…MinutemenYoung Marble Giants

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The Pop Group connections

The Pop Group grew out of Television, The Who, Dennis Bovell and The Slits, shares an orbit with This Heat, Public Image Ltd., Wire and Au Pairs, went on to shape A Certain Ratio, Firehose, Primal Scream and Sonic Youth. 50 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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