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The Slits is a Punk rock act. Their sound grew out of Malcolm McLaren, Nina Hagen, I Heard It Through the Grapevine, Don Letts and Patti Smith. Those roots explain a lot about how The Slits arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as X-Ray Spex, Au Pairs, The Pop Group, Public Image Ltd. and Wire, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into The Raincoats, Thurston Moore, Kathleen Hanna, Buzzcocks and The Jam, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 46 connections around The Slits, reaching back through Malcolm McLaren and forward to The Raincoats. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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The Slits connections
The Slits grew out of Malcolm McLaren, Nina Hagen, I Heard It Through the Grapevine and Don Letts, shares an orbit with X-Ray Spex, Au Pairs, The Pop Group and Public Image Ltd., went on to shape The Raincoats, Thurston Moore, Kathleen Hanna and Buzzcocks. 46 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced The Slits
Sounds and acts that shaped The Slits.
Artists similar to The Slits
Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with The Slits.
- X-Ray Spexartist
- Au Pairsartist
- The Pop Groupartist
- Public Image Ltd.artist
- Wireartist
- ESGartist
- Young Marble Giantsartist
- Buzzcocksartist
- Richard Hell and the Voidoidsartist
- Minutemenartist
- Le Tigreartist
- The Undertonesartist
- Sleater-Kinneyartist
- Mission of Burmaartist
- The Advertsartist
- Adam and the Antsartist
- Ian Duryartist
- Stiff Little Fingersartist
- Josef Kartist
Bands The Slits shaped
Where the influence of The Slits travelled next.
- The Raincoatsartist
- Thurston Mooreartist
- Kathleen Hannaartist
- Buzzcocksartist
- The Jamartist
- Siouxsie and the Bansheesartist
- The Pop Groupartist
- Sex Pistolsartist
- Adam and the Antsartist
- Sonic Youthartist
- Le Tigreartist
- Hollie Cookartist
- Ebony Bonesartist
- The xxartist
- Maximum Joyartist
- Neneh Cherryartist
- Beth Dittoartist
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