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The Psychedelic Furs

The Psychedelic Furs is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of The Sound, Roman Candle and Don Letts. Those roots explain a lot about how The Psychedelic Furs arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, Adam and the Ants, The Cure, The Fixx and Thompson Twins, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Greg Laswell, Scarling., The Power Station, Lifetime and The Mission, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 22 connections around The Psychedelic Furs, reaching back through The Sound and forward to Greg Laswell. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

The Psychedelic Furs are an English rock band founded in London in February 1977. Led by lead vocalist Richard Butler and his brother Tim Butler on bass guitar, the Psychedelic Furs are one of the many acts spawned from the British post-punk scene.

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The Psychedelic FursThe SoundRoman CandleDon LettsGreg LaswellScarling.The Power StationLifetimeThe MissionThe Sisters of MercyHappy MondaysThe New AbnormalOrchestral Manoeuvre…Adam and the AntsThe CureThe FixxThompson TwinsPublic Image Ltd.UltravoxBauhaus

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The Psychedelic Furs connections

The Psychedelic Furs grew out of The Sound, Roman Candle and Don Letts, shares an orbit with Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, Adam and the Ants, The Cure and The Fixx, went on to shape Greg Laswell, Scarling., The Power Station and Lifetime. 22 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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