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Bad Rabbits is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of The Maine, The Grateful Dead and Phish. Those roots explain a lot about how Bad Rabbits arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Say She She, Just Friends, The Gap Band, Samm Henshaw and Louis Cole, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Slick Rick, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 21 connections around Bad Rabbits, reaching back through The Maine and forward to Slick Rick. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Bad Rabbits is an American band from Boston, Massachusetts, founded in September 2007. The band consists of Fredua Boakye (vocals), Sheel Davé (drums), Salim Akram (guitar), Graham Masser (bass), and Santiago Araujo (guitar). All five members of the band originally played in the Boston-based band The Eclectic Collective, which in 2007 they reworked and renamed Bad Rabbits. The band released a demo in 2008 entitled The Bad EP which was followed up by their debut EP, Stick Up Kids, in December 2009. Their first album American Love was released on May 14, 2013, and on July 19, 2014, Bad Rabbits released Dusted – an acoustic EP. They have won four Boston Music Awards, including Pop/R&B Live Artist of the Year in 2014. Bad Rabbits also won the 2010 Phoenix Music Poll Award for Most Downloaded Band. From 2007 to 2010, they performed as the backing band for rapper Slick Rick. They have been a part of five national tours, including the 2011 and 2014 Vans Warped Tour, the 2013 Don Broco Priorities UK tour, the 2014 Allen Stone US Tour and their own UK tour in 2014.
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Bad Rabbits connections
Bad Rabbits grew out of The Maine, The Grateful Dead and Phish, shares an orbit with Say She She, Just Friends, The Gap Band and Samm Henshaw, went on to shape Slick Rick. 21 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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