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Altered Images, were a big influence on Brandon at the time, as well as his other favourite bands such as The Cure, Aztec Camera, Syd Barret, The Coral, and 1960's psychedelic band July.
References to a wide range of historical and fictional personalities are found within his lyrics: Syd Barret, Pink Floyd, The Beatles, Aleister Crowley, Al Capone, Jesus, Julius Caesar and Shakespeare, for example.