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Crash Test Dummies

Crash Test Dummies is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Talking Heads, XTC and Jerry Harrison. Those roots explain a lot about how Crash Test Dummies arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Collective Soul, Toad The Wet Sprocket, Our Lady Peace, Gin Blossoms and Hootie & The Blowfish, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Godsmack and Son of Dave, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 27 connections around Crash Test Dummies, reaching back through Talking Heads and forward to Godsmack. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Crash Test Dummies are a Canadian rock band from Winnipeg, Manitoba.

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Crash Test DummiesTalking HeadsXTCJerry HarrisonGodsmackSon of DaveCollective SoulToad The Wet SprocketOur Lady PeaceGin BlossomsHootie & The BlowfishBetter Than EzraThe Verve PipeVertical Horizon

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Crash Test Dummies connections

Crash Test Dummies grew out of Talking Heads, XTC and Jerry Harrison, shares an orbit with Collective Soul, Toad The Wet Sprocket, Our Lady Peace and Gin Blossoms, went on to shape Godsmack and Son of Dave. 27 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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