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The Sugarcubes is a Rap act. Their sound grew out of The B-52's, Talking Heads, Joy Division, Siouxsie and the Banshees and Cocteau Twins. Those roots explain a lot about how The Sugarcubes arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as PJ Harvey, Sinéad O'Connor, The Sundays, Throwing Muses and Veruca Salt, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Björk, U2, Trance to the Sun, The Wannadies and Annie Lennox, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 42 connections around The Sugarcubes, reaching back through The B-52's and forward to Björk. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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The Sugarcubes connections
The Sugarcubes grew out of The B-52's, Talking Heads, Joy Division and Siouxsie and the Banshees, shares an orbit with PJ Harvey, Sinéad O'Connor, The Sundays and Throwing Muses, went on to shape Björk, U2, Trance to the Sun and The Wannadies. 42 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced The Sugarcubes
Sounds and acts that shaped The Sugarcubes.
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