◇ image via WikipediaThe Soft Boys
The Soft Boys is a Indie rock act. Their sound grew out of Alex Chilton. Those roots explain a lot about how The Soft Boys arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Julian Cope, Wire, Young Marble Giants, Au Pairs and Public Image Ltd., sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Katrina and the Waves, Squeeze, Circle Jerks and Yo La Tengo, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 19 connections around The Soft Boys, reaching back through Alex Chilton and forward to Katrina and the Waves. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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The Soft Boys connections
The Soft Boys grew out of Alex Chilton, shares an orbit with Julian Cope, Wire, Young Marble Giants and Au Pairs, went on to shape Katrina and the Waves, Squeeze, Circle Jerks and Yo La Tengo. 19 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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