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The Proclaimers is a Alternative rock act. Their sound grew out of Barenaked Ladies, The Temptations, Edwyn Collins, James Dean Bradfield and Manic Street Preachers. Those roots explain a lot about how The Proclaimers arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Billy Bragg, Deacon Blue, Annie Lennox, Big Country and Wet Wet Wet, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Chike, Alabama 3, a3, The Sherlocks and The Silencers, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 48 connections around The Proclaimers, reaching back through Barenaked Ladies and forward to Chike. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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The Proclaimers connections
The Proclaimers grew out of Barenaked Ladies, The Temptations, Edwyn Collins and James Dean Bradfield, shares an orbit with Billy Bragg, Deacon Blue, Annie Lennox and Big Country, went on to shape Chike, Alabama 3, a3 and The Sherlocks. 48 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced The Proclaimers
Sounds and acts that shaped The Proclaimers.
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Artists similar to The Proclaimers
Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with The Proclaimers.
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