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The Slackers is a Ska act. Their sound grew out of Murphy's Law, Do You Know, Bomb the Music Industry!, Glen Adams and The Congos. Those roots explain a lot about how The Slackers arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Hepcat, The Pietasters, The Aggrolites, Westbound Train and The Selecter, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Transplants, Rancid, Chris Murray, Leftöver Crack and King Django, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 26 connections around The Slackers, reaching back through Murphy's Law and forward to Transplants. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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The Slackers connections
The Slackers grew out of Murphy's Law, Do You Know, Bomb the Music Industry! and Glen Adams, shares an orbit with Hepcat, The Pietasters, The Aggrolites and Westbound Train, went on to shape Transplants, Rancid, Chris Murray and Leftöver Crack. 26 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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