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Big Head Todd and the Monsters is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Ruthie Foster, The Replacements, John Lee Hooker, The Rolling Stones and Howlin' Wolf. Those roots explain a lot about how Big Head Todd and the Monsters arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Toad The Wet Sprocket, Blues Traveler, BoDeans, Widespread Panic and John Hiatt, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Carbon Leaf, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 36 connections around Big Head Todd and the Monsters, reaching back through Ruthie Foster and forward to Carbon Leaf. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Big Head Todd and The Monsters is a rock band formed by Todd Park Mohr, Brian Nevin, and Rob Squires in Colorado in 1986. Their 1993 major label debut Sister Sweetly went platinum in the United States. The band developed a sizable live following, especially in the Mountain States of the United States.
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Big Head Todd and the Monsters connections
Big Head Todd and the Monsters grew out of Ruthie Foster, The Replacements, John Lee Hooker and The Rolling Stones, shares an orbit with Toad The Wet Sprocket, Blues Traveler, BoDeans and Widespread Panic, went on to shape Carbon Leaf. 36 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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