Original sentence: From other quarters came the inflential, not-so-subtle and satirical voice of artists using their own form of spoken word perhaps represented by  Gil Scott-Heron, who began performing, speaking often to muted music as early as 1970, and continues to do so today.Henry Rollins is a current example of this type of performer, and though he often performs with the Rollins Band, he also speaks solo texts and performs poetry.In the 1980s, the phenomenon of British and American punk and underground music produced other artists who don't exactly fit the solo performance profiles as they don't look for laughs as comedians nor come from a traditional theater background, but will often include poetry, music, diary extracts and projection in their performances.The line between the stand-up comedian and the spoken word, or solo performer, is becoming increasingly blurred as the art form continues to evolve.The phenomenon called Spoken Word may have been influenced in the United States' folk music, in the lyrics of artists like the early work of Bob Dylan, dubbed the "talking blues", with a definite influence American culture