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The Romantics

The Romantics is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of MC5, The Stooges, Bob Seger, Wang Chung and The Kinks. Those roots explain a lot about how The Romantics arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Knack, The Fixx, Quarterflash, Eddie Money and Wang Chung, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Lillix, The Civil Wars, 5 Seconds of Summer, Locked Out of Heaven and 1,000 Hours, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 31 connections around The Romantics, reaching back through MC5 and forward to Lillix. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

The Romantics are an American rock band formed in 1977 in Detroit, Michigan. The band's music is often categorized as power pop and new wave. They were influenced by 1950s American rock and roll, Detroit's MC5, the Stooges, early Bob Seger, Motown R&B, 1960s North American garage rock as well as the British Invasion rockers.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
The RomanticsMC5The StoogesBob SegerWang ChungThe KinksThe Shadows of KnightLillixThe Civil Wars5 Seconds of SummerLocked Out of Heaven1,000 HoursSugarcultMalice n WonderlandKristine W.The KnackThe FixxQuarterflashEddie MoneyWang ChungLoverboyBilly IdolHall & Oates

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The Romantics connections

The Romantics grew out of MC5, The Stooges, Bob Seger and Wang Chung, shares an orbit with The Knack, The Fixx, Quarterflash and Eddie Money, went on to shape Lillix, The Civil Wars, 5 Seconds of Summer and Locked Out of Heaven. 31 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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Sounds and acts that shaped The Romantics.

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Legacy8

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