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Tubeway Army is a Punk rock act. Their sound grew out of Curve. Those roots explain a lot about how Tubeway Army arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Ultravox, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, Adam and the Ants, Public Image Ltd. and ABC, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Tears for Fears, Alphaville and Ultravox, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 11 connections around Tubeway Army, reaching back through Curve and forward to Tears for Fears. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Tubeway Army were a London-based new wave band led by lead singer Gary Numan. Formed at the height of punk rock in 1977, the band gradually changed to an electronic sound. They were the first band of the electronic era to have a synthesiser-based number-one hit, with their single "Are 'Friends' Electric?" and its parent album Replicas both topping the UK charts in mid-1979. After its release, Numan opted to drop the Tubeway Army name and release music under his own name as he was the sole songwriter, producer and public face of the band, but he retained the musicians from Tubeway Army as his backing band.
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Tubeway Army connections
Tubeway Army grew out of Curve, shares an orbit with Ultravox, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, Adam and the Ants and Public Image Ltd., went on to shape Tears for Fears, Alphaville and Ultravox. 11 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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