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Ben Folds Five

Ben Folds Five is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Steely Dan, The Flaming Lips, Burt Bacharach and The Buggles. Those roots explain a lot about how Ben Folds Five arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Ben Folds, Harvey Danger, They Might Be Giants, Barenaked Ladies and Guster, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Ben Kweller, Bronze Radio Return, Barenaked Ladies and Guster, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 27 connections around Ben Folds Five, reaching back through Steely Dan and forward to Ben Kweller. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

Ben Folds Five is an American alternative rock trio formed in 1993 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The group is composed of Ben Folds, Robert Sledge and Darren Jessee. The group achieved success in the alternative, indie and pop music scenes. Their single "Brick" from the second album, Whatever and Ever Amen (1997), gained airplay on many mainstream radio stations.

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Ben Folds FiveSteely DanThe Flaming LipsBurt BacharachThe BugglesBen KwellerBronze Radio ReturnBarenaked LadiesGusterBen FoldsHarvey DangerThey Might Be GiantsBarenaked LadiesGusterBeckJukebox the GhostThe Hold Steady

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Ben Folds Five connections

Ben Folds Five grew out of Steely Dan, The Flaming Lips, Burt Bacharach and The Buggles, shares an orbit with Ben Folds, Harvey Danger, They Might Be Giants and Barenaked Ladies, went on to shape Ben Kweller, Bronze Radio Return, Barenaked Ladies and Guster. 27 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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