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Cracker is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Grateful Dead, Led Zeppelin, Flamin' Groovies, Bob Dylan and Roxy Music. Those roots explain a lot about how Cracker arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Camper Van Beethoven, Better Than Ezra, Tonic, Collective Soul and The Smithereens, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Hackensaw Boys and Counting Crows, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 39 connections around Cracker, reaching back through Grateful Dead and forward to Hackensaw Boys. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Cracker is an American rock band formed in 1990 by lead singer David Lowery and guitarist Johnny Hickman. The band's first album Cracker was released in 1992 on Virgin Records; it included the single "Teen Angst ", which went to No. 1 on the U.S. Modern Rock chart. The band's follow-up, the 1993 album Kerosene Hat included the hit songs "Low", "Get Off This" and "Euro-Trash Girl". Cracker has released nine studio albums and several compilations, collaborations, solo projects and live albums. The band mix influences and sounds from rock, punk, grunge, psychedelia, country, blues and folk.
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Cracker connections
Cracker grew out of Grateful Dead, Led Zeppelin, Flamin' Groovies and Bob Dylan, shares an orbit with Camper Van Beethoven, Better Than Ezra, Tonic and Collective Soul, went on to shape Hackensaw Boys and Counting Crows. 39 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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