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U2

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U2 is a Alternative rock and Punk rock act. Their catalogue also touches Rap. Their sound grew out of Elbow, Bob Dylan, Patti Smith, The Beatles and Pink Floyd. Those roots explain a lot about how U2 arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Bono, R.E.M., Coldplay, Peter Gabriel and The Alarm, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Jonas Brothers, Seal, Lostprophets, Third Eye Blind and Manic Street Preachers, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 298 connections around U2, reaching back through Elbow and forward to Jonas Brothers. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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U2ElbowBob DylanPatti SmithThe BeatlesPink FloydDavid BowieThe Rolling StonesMotörheadJonas BrothersSealLostprophetsThird Eye BlindManic Street PreachersNickelbackLifehouseGive Out But Don't G…BonoR.E.M.ColdplayPeter GabrielThe AlarmBruce Springsteen & …The KillersSheryl Crow

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U2 connections

U2 grew out of Elbow, Bob Dylan, Patti Smith and The Beatles, shares an orbit with Bono, R.E.M., Coldplay and Peter Gabriel, went on to shape Jonas Brothers, Seal, Lostprophets and Third Eye Blind. 298 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

Who influenced U2

Roots96

Sounds and acts that shaped U2.

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Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with U2.

Bands U2 shaped

Legacy186

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