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BoDeans is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Paisley Park, Tom Petty, Talking Heads, U2 and Prince. Those roots explain a lot about how BoDeans arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Big Head Todd and the Monsters, The Smithereens, Cracker, Toad The Wet Sprocket and Better Than Ezra, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Violent Femmes, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 35 connections around BoDeans, reaching back through Paisley Park and forward to Violent Femmes. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
BoDeans is an American rock band formed in Waukesha, Wisconsin, in 1983. The band's sound encompasses multiple rock genres, including roots rock, heartland rock, and alternative rock. The band's biggest hit is "Closer to Free" (1993), which became the theme song to Party of Five. BoDeans has been described as "one of the most successful, and best known, bands to come out of the Milwaukee area". The band is included in a permanent installation on artists from the Midwest at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
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BoDeans connections
BoDeans grew out of Paisley Park, Tom Petty, Talking Heads and U2, shares an orbit with Big Head Todd and the Monsters, The Smithereens, Cracker and Toad The Wet Sprocket, went on to shape Violent Femmes. 35 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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