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The Selecter

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Ska

The Selecter is a Ska act. Their sound grew out of Bad Manners, Justin Hinds, Jerry Dammers, The Pioneers and Madness. Those roots explain a lot about how The Selecter arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Bad Manners, Symarip, Prince Buster, Toots and the Maytals and Judge Dread, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Gwen Stefani and Oingo Boingo, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 24 connections around The Selecter, reaching back through Bad Manners and forward to Gwen Stefani. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
The SelecterBad MannersJustin HindsJerry DammersThe PioneersMadnessNo DoubtGwen StefaniOingo BoingoBad MannersSymaripPrince BusterToots and the MaytalsJudge DreadDerrick MorganDesmond Dekker & The…The Ethiopians

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The Selecter connections

The Selecter grew out of Bad Manners, Justin Hinds, Jerry Dammers and The Pioneers, shares an orbit with Bad Manners, Symarip, Prince Buster and Toots and the Maytals, went on to shape Gwen Stefani and Oingo Boingo. 24 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

Who influenced The Selecter

Roots6

Sounds and acts that shaped The Selecter.

Artists similar to The Selecter

Kindred16

Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with The Selecter.

Bands The Selecter shaped

Legacy2

Where the influence of The Selecter travelled next.

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