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The Slits

Punk rock
Punk rock

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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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
The SlitsMalcolm McLarenNina HagenI Heard It Through t…Don LettsPatti SmithBim ShermanA Certain RatioCrocodilesThe RaincoatsThurston MooreKathleen HannaBuzzcocksThe JamSiouxsie and the Ban…The Pop GroupSex PistolsX-Ray SpexAu PairsThe Pop GroupPublic Image Ltd.WireESGYoung Marble GiantsBuzzcocks

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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.

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