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Common Kings is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Bob Marley, Earth Wind and Fire, George Benson, Jim Croce and Led Zeppelin. Those roots explain a lot about how Common Kings arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as J Boog, The Green, Katchafire, Tribal Seeds and Rebelution, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Bruno Mars, Fifth Harmony, Meghan Trainor, Justin Timberlake and Collie Buddz, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 38 connections around Common Kings, reaching back through Bob Marley and forward to Bruno Mars. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Common Kings is an American, Hawaiian, and Samoan reggae rock/pop band from Orange County, California. The band's debut album, Lost in Paradise, was nominated for a Grammy Award.
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Common Kings connections
Common Kings grew out of Bob Marley, Earth Wind and Fire, George Benson and Jim Croce, shares an orbit with J Boog, The Green, Katchafire and Tribal Seeds, went on to shape Bruno Mars, Fifth Harmony, Meghan Trainor and Justin Timberlake. 38 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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