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The Teardrop Explodes is a Punk rock act. Their sound grew out of Echo & the Bunnymen. Those roots explain a lot about how The Teardrop Explodes arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Julian Cope, Adam and the Ants, Josef K, The Undertones and Dexys Midnight Runners, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Echo & the Bunnymen, The Sound, echo, Frankie Goes to Hollywood and Julian Cope, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 18 connections around The Teardrop Explodes, reaching back through Echo & the Bunnymen and forward to Echo & the Bunnymen. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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The Teardrop Explodes connections
The Teardrop Explodes grew out of Echo & the Bunnymen, shares an orbit with Julian Cope, Adam and the Ants, Josef K and The Undertones, went on to shape Echo & the Bunnymen, The Sound, echo and Frankie Goes to Hollywood. 18 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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