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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, Parachute and The Best Damn Thing. Those roots explain a lot about how Boys Like Girls arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Click Five, Faber Drive, Every Avenue, Simple Plan and The All-American Rejects, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Drug Restaurant, The All-American Rejects, Riot!, Miranda Cosgrove and Dan + Shay, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 45 connections around Boys Like Girls, reaching back through Weezer and forward to Drug Restaurant. 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 Parachute, shares an orbit with The Click Five, Faber Drive, Every Avenue and Simple Plan, went on to shape Drug Restaurant, The All-American Rejects, Riot! and Miranda Cosgrove. 45 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
- Parachuteartist
- 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
Artists similar to Boys Like Girls
Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with Boys Like Girls.
- The Click Fiveartist
- Faber Driveartist
- Every Avenueartist
- Simple Planartist
- The All-American Rejectsartist
- State Champsartist
- Cute Is What We Aim Forartist
- Go Radioartist
- Sugarcultartist
- Good Charlotteartist
- Parachuteartist
- The Academy Is...artist
- Hit the Lightsartist
- Amber Pacificartist
- You Me at Sixartist
- Marianas Trenchartist
- American Hi-Fiartist
- Cobra Starshipartist
- Relient Kartist
- Anarborartist
- Five for Fightingartist
- The Downtown Fictionartist
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