Kasabian

United Kingdom, 1997–now

Leicester band formed in 1997, who welded swaggering rock to baggy, electronic grooves. Records like Empire and West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum channelled Madchester's dance-rock and krautrock's motorik pulse into festival-headlining anthems.

MusicRoots documents 3 artists who influenced Kasabian and 0 artists Kasabian influenced in turn. Every connection cites a published source.

Who influenced Kasabian?

• Happy Mondays — Kasabian's baggy, druggy dance-rock reaches straight back to Madchester and the Happy Mondays' hedonistic groove.
• Neu! — Krautrock's motorik pulse — Neu! was in the band's shared record collection — underpins Kasabian's electronic rock.
• The Beatles — Part of the record collection that shaped the band's direction, beside Neu!, DJ Shadow and Primal Scream.