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The Twang is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Little Comets, Ocean Colour Scene 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, Milburn, Little Man Tate and DMA's, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into The Streets, Kaiser Chiefs, The Automatic, The Ordinary Boys and James, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 42 connections around The Twang, reaching back through Little Comets and forward to The Streets. 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 Little Comets, Ocean Colour Scene and The Fratellis, shares an orbit with The Enemy, The Courteeners, Milburn and Little Man Tate, went on to shape The Streets, Kaiser Chiefs, The Automatic and The Ordinary Boys. 42 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced The Twang
Sounds and acts that shaped The Twang.
Artists similar to The Twang
Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with The Twang.
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- The Courteenersartist
- Milburnartist
- Little Man Tateartist
- DMA'sartist
- The Lathumsartist
- Hard-Fiartist
- Shed Sevenartist
- The Reytonsartist
- Blossomsartist
- Jamie Tartist
- Castartist
- Ocean Colour Sceneartist
- The Zutonsartist
- Morning Runnerartist
- The Ordinary Boysartist
- Little Cometsartist
- Jamesartist
- The Coralartist
- The Seahorsesartist
- Liam Gallagherartist
- Scouting for Girlsartist
Bands The Twang shaped
Where the influence of The Twang travelled next.
- The Streetsartist
- Kaiser Chiefsartist
- The Automaticartist
- The Ordinary Boysartist
- Jamesartist
- Professor Greenartist
- Castartist
- The Libertinesartist
- The Enemyartist
- Ocean Colour Sceneartist
- Reverend and The Makersartist
- The Sherlocksartist
- Shed Sevenartist
- The Coralartist
- Feederartist
- Johnny Marrartist
- The Blue Nileartist
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