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Crash Test Dummies is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Jerry Harrison, Talking Heads and XTC. Those roots explain a lot about how Crash Test Dummies arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Barenaked Ladies, The Wallflowers, Collective Soul, Toad The Wet Sprocket and Our Lady Peace, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Son of Dave and Godsmack, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 33 connections around Crash Test Dummies, reaching back through Jerry Harrison and forward to Son of Dave. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Crash Test Dummies are a Canadian rock band from Winnipeg, Manitoba.
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Crash Test Dummies connections
Crash Test Dummies grew out of Jerry Harrison, Talking Heads and XTC, shares an orbit with Barenaked Ladies, The Wallflowers, Collective Soul and Toad The Wet Sprocket, went on to shape Son of Dave and Godsmack. 33 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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