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Birds is a Progressive rock act. Their sound grew out of The Who, The Byrds and Bob Dylan. Those roots explain a lot about how Birds arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as We Ride, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Faces and The Rolling Stones, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 6 connections around Birds, reaching back through The Who and forward to Faces. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
The Birds were an English rhythm and blues band, formed in 1964 in London. They recorded fewer than a dozen songs and released only four singles.
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Birds connections
Birds grew out of The Who, The Byrds and Bob Dylan, shares an orbit with We Ride, went on to shape Faces and The Rolling Stones. 6 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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