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Dead Boys is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Sham 69, Joey Ramone, The Damned, New York Dolls and Ronnie Spector. Those roots explain a lot about how Dead Boys arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Stiv Bators, Richard Hell and the Voidoids, The Vibrators, New York Dolls and The Adverts, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into The Runaways and Overkill, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 20 connections around Dead Boys, reaching back through Sham 69 and forward to The Runaways. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
The Dead Boys are an American punk rock band from Cleveland, Ohio. The band was among the first wave of punk, and regarded by many as one of the rowdiest and most violent groups of the era. They were formed in 1975 by vocalist Stiv Bators, rhythm guitarist Jimmy Zero, bassist Jeff Magnum, lead guitarist Cheetah Chrome, and drummer Johnny Blitz—the latter two having splintered from the band Rocket from the Tombs. The original Dead Boys released two studio albums: Young, Loud and Snotty and We Have Come for Your Children.
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Dead Boys connections
Dead Boys grew out of Sham 69, Joey Ramone, The Damned and New York Dolls, shares an orbit with Stiv Bators, Richard Hell and the Voidoids, The Vibrators and New York Dolls, went on to shape The Runaways and Overkill. 20 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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