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The Twang is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Ocean Colour Scene, Little Comets and The Fratellis. Those roots explain a lot about how The Twang arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Enemy, The Courteeners, Reverend and The Makers, Milburn and Little Man Tate, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Kaiser Chiefs, The Automatic, The Ordinary Boys, James and The Streets, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 50 connections around The Twang, reaching back through Ocean Colour Scene and forward to Kaiser Chiefs. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
The Twang are an English indie rock band, formed in 2004 in Birmingham. The band have released five studio albums - Love It When I Feel Like This (2007), Jewellery Quarter (2009), 10:20 (2012), Neon Twang (2014), If Confronted Just Go Mad (2019) and a B-sides compilation, Subscription (2017). Consisting of vocalist and guitarist Phil Etheridge, bassist Jon Watkin, guitarist Stu Hartland and drummer Ash Sheehan, the band garnered national acclaim when NME magazine produced an article on music acts in the West Midlands. The band's original line-up consisted of Etheridge and Saunders, Watkin, Hartland & Matty Clinton on drums.
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The Twang connections
The Twang grew out of Ocean Colour Scene, Little Comets and The Fratellis, shares an orbit with The Enemy, The Courteeners, Reverend and The Makers and Milburn, went on to shape Kaiser Chiefs, The Automatic, The Ordinary Boys and James. 50 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced The Twang
Sounds and acts that shaped The Twang.
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Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with The Twang.
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- Hard-Fiartist
- Shed Sevenartist
- The Reytonsartist
- The Feelingartist
- Blossomsartist
- Jamie Tartist
- Feederartist
- The Futureheadsartist
- Castartist
- Ocean Colour Sceneartist
- The Zutonsartist
- Dovesartist
- Morning Runnerartist
- The Ordinary Boysartist
- Little Cometsartist
- Jamesartist
- Kasabianartist
- The Coralartist
- The Seahorsesartist
- Liam Gallagherartist
- Scouting for Girlsartist
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Bands The Twang shaped
Where the influence of The Twang travelled next.
- Kaiser Chiefsartist
- The Automaticartist
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- Jamesartist
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- Castartist
- The Libertinesartist
- The Enemyartist
- Ocean Colour Sceneartist
- Reverend and The Makersartist
- The Sherlocksartist
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- The Blue Nileartist
- Johnny Marrartist
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