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Big D And The Kids Table is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Suburban Legends, Operation Ivy, Jonathan Richman, Melt-Banana and The Specials. Those roots explain a lot about how Big D And The Kids Table arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Catch 22, Less Than Jake, Streetlight Manifesto, The Suicide Machines and The Pietasters, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Suburban Legends, The English Beat, Westbound Train, Set Your Goals and The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 29 connections around Big D And The Kids Table, reaching back through Suburban Legends and forward to Suburban Legends. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Big D and the Kids Table is a ska punk band formed in October 1995 in Boston, Massachusetts, when its members converged in college. Their first release was on their own Fork in Hand Records label, but have since teamed with Springman Records and SideOneDummy. The band has been noted for its strict DIY work ethic, such as engineering, producing, and releasing their own albums and videos and self-promotion of their own shows.
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Big D And The Kids Table connections
Big D And The Kids Table grew out of Suburban Legends, Operation Ivy, Jonathan Richman and Melt-Banana, shares an orbit with Catch 22, Less Than Jake, Streetlight Manifesto and The Suicide Machines, went on to shape Suburban Legends, The English Beat, Westbound Train and Set Your Goals. 29 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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