◇ image via WikipediaThe Yellow Monkey
The Yellow Monkey is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of The Rolling Stones, David Bowie, Ringo Sheena and Luna Sea. Those roots explain a lot about how The Yellow Monkey arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as ↑THE HIGH-LOWS↓, T.M.Revolution, Luna Sea, Mr.Children and Hide, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into 9mm Parabellum Bullet, KREVA and BiSH, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 13 connections around The Yellow Monkey, reaching back through The Rolling Stones and forward to 9mm Parabellum Bullet. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
The Yellow Monkey, sometimes abbreviated as Yemon , is a Japanese rock band originally active from 1988 to 2001, before officially disbanding in 2004. They announced their reformation in 2016.
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The Yellow Monkey connections
The Yellow Monkey grew out of The Rolling Stones, David Bowie, Ringo Sheena and Luna Sea, shares an orbit with ↑THE HIGH-LOWS↓, T.M.Revolution, Luna Sea and Mr.Children, went on to shape 9mm Parabellum Bullet, KREVA and BiSH. 13 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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