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The Pop Group

Punk rock
Punk rock

The Pop Group is a Punk rock act. Their sound grew out of Dennis Bovell, Miles Davis, Pharoah Sanders, Sun Ra and Neu!. 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, Chrome, Public Image Ltd., The Slits and Wire, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Algiers, Robin Guthrie, A Certain Ratio, Loop and Firehose, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 55 connections around The Pop Group, reaching back through Dennis Bovell and forward to Algiers. 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 GroupDennis BovellMiles DavisPharoah SandersSun RaNeu!TelevisionThe WhoThe SlitsAlgiersRobin GuthrieA Certain RatioLoopFirehosePrimal ScreamSonic YouthSteve AlbiniThis HeatChromePublic Image Ltd.The SlitsWireAu PairsJosef KMission of Burma

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The Pop Group connections

The Pop Group grew out of Dennis Bovell, Miles Davis, Pharoah Sanders and Sun Ra, shares an orbit with This Heat, Chrome, Public Image Ltd. and The Slits, went on to shape Algiers, Robin Guthrie, A Certain Ratio and Loop. 55 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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