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The Stranglers is a Punk rock act. Their sound grew out of Question Mark, Johnny Kidd & The Pirates, Flamin' Groovies, Ramones and Dare. Those roots explain a lot about how The Stranglers arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Stiff Little Fingers, The Undertones, Ian Dury, The Jam and The Boomtown Rats, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Sfinx, Naked Raygun, Joy Division, Steel Pulse and Propellerheads, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 50 connections around The Stranglers, reaching back through Question Mark and forward to Sfinx. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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The Stranglers connections
The Stranglers grew out of Question Mark, Johnny Kidd & The Pirates, Flamin' Groovies and Ramones, shares an orbit with Stiff Little Fingers, The Undertones, Ian Dury and The Jam, went on to shape Sfinx, Naked Raygun, Joy Division and Steel Pulse. 50 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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