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ZARD is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Startin'/Born to Be... and Tetsurō Oda. Those roots explain a lot about how ZARD arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Every Little Thing, My Little Lover, Mr.Children and Misia, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Tak Matsumoto, DREAMS COME TRUE, Ayumi Hamasaki and Tetsurō Oda, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 10 connections around ZARD, reaching back through Startin'/Born to Be... and forward to Tak Matsumoto. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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ZARD connections
ZARD grew out of Startin'/Born to Be... and Tetsurō Oda, shares an orbit with Every Little Thing, My Little Lover, Mr.Children and Misia, went on to shape Tak Matsumoto, DREAMS COME TRUE, Ayumi Hamasaki and Tetsurō Oda. 10 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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