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Zed is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Radiohead, Crowded House, Supergrass and Blur. Those roots explain a lot about how Zed arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Feelers, Shihad, Zola, The Mutton Birds and Elemeno P, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Atlas, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 12 connections around Zed, reaching back through Radiohead and forward to Atlas. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Zed connections
Zed grew out of Radiohead, Crowded House, Supergrass and Blur, shares an orbit with The Feelers, Shihad, Zola and The Mutton Birds, went on to shape Atlas. 12 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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