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The Pretenders is a Rap and Rock act. Their sound grew out of Oh! Darling, Dan Auerbach, Chris Spedding, The Amps and Sid Vicious. Those roots explain a lot about how The Pretenders arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Eurythmics, Elvis Costello & The Attractions, Elvis Costello, Joe Jackson and The Fixx, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Alanis Morissette, Pixies, Violent Femmes, Shakira and Everything But the Girl, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 52 connections around The Pretenders, reaching back through Oh! Darling and forward to Alanis Morissette. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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The Pretenders connections
The Pretenders grew out of Oh! Darling, Dan Auerbach, Chris Spedding and The Amps, shares an orbit with Eurythmics, Elvis Costello & The Attractions, Elvis Costello and Joe Jackson, went on to shape Alanis Morissette, Pixies, Violent Femmes and Shakira. 52 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced The Pretenders
Sounds and acts that shaped The Pretenders.
Artists similar to The Pretenders
Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with The Pretenders.
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- Rod Stewartartist
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- The Jamartist
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- Thompson Twinsartist
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- ABCartist
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Bands The Pretenders shaped
Where the influence of The Pretenders travelled next.
- Alanis Morissetteartist
- Pixiesartist
- Violent Femmesartist
- Shakiraartist
- Everything But the Girlartist
- Sinéad O'Connorartist
- Mirahartist
- Dum Dum Girlsartist
- The Silencersartist
- The Alarmartist
- Carrie Underwoodartist
- Grace Jonesartist
- INXSartist
- Girls Aloudartist
- Kelisartist
- Emmylou Harrisartist
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- Dave Grohlartist
- Stevie Nicksartist
- Journeyartist
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