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The Saints is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Johnny Kidd & The Pirates and 999. Those roots explain a lot about how The Saints arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Vibrators, Dead Boys, The Damned, The Undertones and Hoodoo Gurus, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Scott Weinrich, Hard-Ons, Rites of Spring, Nouvelle Vague and Alexisonfire, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 32 connections around The Saints, reaching back through Johnny Kidd & The Pirates and forward to Scott Weinrich. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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The Saints connections
The Saints grew out of Johnny Kidd & The Pirates and 999, shares an orbit with The Vibrators, Dead Boys, The Damned and The Undertones, went on to shape Scott Weinrich, Hard-Ons, Rites of Spring and Nouvelle Vague. 32 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced The Saints
Sounds and acts that shaped The Saints.
Artists similar to The Saints
Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with The Saints.
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- The Advertsartist
- Richard Hell and the Voidoidsartist
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- The Rezillosartist
- The Boysartist
- New York Dollsartist
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- Generation Xartist
- The Stoogesartist
- The Heartbreakersartist
- Chelseaartist
- Sham 69artist
- Hunters & Collectorsartist
- Supersuckersartist
- The Jamartist
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