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Boys Like Girls is a Rap and Rock act. Their sound grew out of Weezer, The All-American Rejects, Blink-182, The Best Damn Thing and Stereos. Those roots explain a lot about how Boys Like Girls arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Faber Drive, Every Avenue, Simple Plan, The All-American Rejects and State Champs, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into The All-American Rejects, Riot!, Miranda Cosgrove, Dan + Shay and Jordan Davis, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 41 connections around Boys Like Girls, reaching back through Weezer and forward to The All-American Rejects. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Boys Like Girls connections
Boys Like Girls grew out of Weezer, The All-American Rejects, Blink-182 and The Best Damn Thing, shares an orbit with Faber Drive, Every Avenue, Simple Plan and The All-American Rejects, went on to shape The All-American Rejects, Riot!, Miranda Cosgrove and Dan + Shay. 41 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced Boys Like Girls
Sounds and acts that shaped Boys Like Girls.
- Weezerartist
- The All-American Rejectsartist
- Blink-182artist
- The Best Damn Thingartist
- Stereosartist
- Taylor Swiftartist
- Cute Is What We Aim Forartist
- Frou Frouartist
- Third Eye Blindartist
- We the Kingsartist
- The Maineartist
- Hedleyartist
- Allie Goninoartist
- Cartelartist
- Forever the Sickest Kidsartist
- Automatic Loveletterartist
- Parachuteartist
Artists similar to Boys Like Girls
Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with Boys Like Girls.
- Faber Driveartist
- Every Avenueartist
- Simple Planartist
- The All-American Rejectsartist
- State Champsartist
- Go Radioartist
- Sugarcultartist
- Good Charlotteartist
- Parachuteartist
- The Academy Is...artist
- Amber Pacificartist
- You Me at Sixartist
- Marianas Trenchartist
- American Hi-Fiartist
- Cobra Starshipartist
- Relient Kartist
- Anarborartist
- The Downtown Fictionartist
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