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5 Seconds of Summer

Alternative rock
Alternative rock

5 Seconds of Summer is a Alternative rock act. Their sound grew out of Blink-182, Kaiser Chiefs, Jamie Scott, Busted and Green Day. Those roots explain a lot about how 5 Seconds of Summer arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as One Direction, Niall Horan, The Vamps, Jonas Brothers and Why Don't We, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Han, Mico, Why Don't We and Girlfriends, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 60 connections around 5 Seconds of Summer, reaching back through Blink-182 and forward to Han. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
5 Seconds of SummerBlink-182Kaiser ChiefsJamie ScottBustedGreen DayThe RomanticsOne Ok RockRivers CuomoHanMicoWhy Don't WeGirlfriendsOne DirectionNiall HoranThe VampsJonas BrothersWhy Don't WeBig Time RushHey VioletJoe Jonas

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5 Seconds of Summer connections

5 Seconds of Summer grew out of Blink-182, Kaiser Chiefs, Jamie Scott and Busted, shares an orbit with One Direction, Niall Horan, The Vamps and Jonas Brothers, went on to shape Han, Mico, Why Don't We and Girlfriends. 60 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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