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DumDum Boys

DumDum Boys is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Raga Rockers, Iggy Pop, deLillos, Jokke & Valentinerne and Mathias Eick. Those roots explain a lot about how DumDum Boys arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Raga Rockers, Jokke & Valentinerne, Lars Vaular, Postgirobygget and Kaizers Orchestra, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Jokke & Valentinerne, Raga Rockers and deLillos, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 16 connections around DumDum Boys, reaching back through Raga Rockers and forward to Jokke & Valentinerne. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

DumDum Boys are a Norwegian rock band from Trondheim, formed in 1979 and originally known as Wannskrækk. The band is one of the most successful Norwegian rock acts of all time, and are considered one of the "big four" bands who popularized modern rock with Norwegian lyrics in the 1980s alongside Jokke & Valentinerne, Raga Rockers and DeLillos.

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DumDum BoysRaga RockersIggy PopdeLillosJokke & ValentinerneMathias EickJokke & ValentinerneRaga RockersdeLillosRaga RockersJokke & ValentinerneLars VaularPostgirobyggetKaizers OrchestraGlueciferÅge AleksandersenSivert Høyem

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DumDum Boys connections

DumDum Boys grew out of Raga Rockers, Iggy Pop, deLillos and Jokke & Valentinerne, shares an orbit with Raga Rockers, Jokke & Valentinerne, Lars Vaular and Postgirobygget, went on to shape Jokke & Valentinerne, Raga Rockers and deLillos. 16 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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