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Bowling for Soup

Punk rock
Punk rock

Bowling for Soup is a Punk rock act. Their sound grew out of Weezer, Quiet Riot, Ramones, Mötley Crüe and Ratt. Those roots explain a lot about how Bowling for Soup arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Simple Plan, SR-71, American Hi-Fi, Sugarcult and Sum 41, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Cartel, Simple Plan, The All-American Rejects, Quietdrive and Wheatus, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 59 connections around Bowling for Soup, reaching back through Weezer and forward to Cartel. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Bowling for SoupWeezerQuiet RiotRamonesMötley CrüeRattThe CarsBuzzcocksViolent FemmesCartelSimple PlanThe All-American Rej…QuietdriveWheatusSon of DorkMêléeBloodhound GangSimple PlanSR-71American Hi-FiSugarcultSum 41Good CharlotteGoldfingerBlink-182

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Bowling for Soup connections

Bowling for Soup grew out of Weezer, Quiet Riot, Ramones and Mötley Crüe, shares an orbit with Simple Plan, SR-71, American Hi-Fi and Sugarcult, went on to shape Cartel, Simple Plan, The All-American Rejects and Quietdrive. 59 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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