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Big Sugar

Big Sugar is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Culture Shock and Traffic. Those roots explain a lot about how Big Sugar arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as 54-40, Sam Roberts, I Mother Earth, The Tragically Hip and Kim Mitchell, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Wide Mouth Mason, Bedouin Soundclash, Broken Social Scene, Sloan and Danko Jones, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 30 connections around Big Sugar, reaching back through Culture Shock and forward to Wide Mouth Mason. 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
Big SugarCulture ShockTrafficWide Mouth MasonBedouin SoundclashBroken Social SceneSloanDanko JonesDream WarriorsI Mother EarthWilli Williams54-40Sam RobertsI Mother EarthThe Tragically HipKim MitchellThe TrewsBig WreckOur Lady Peace

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Big Sugar connections

Big Sugar grew out of Culture Shock and Traffic, shares an orbit with 54-40, Sam Roberts, I Mother Earth and The Tragically Hip, went on to shape Wide Mouth Mason, Bedouin Soundclash, Broken Social Scene and Sloan. 30 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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