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Firewater is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Gogol Bordello, Johnny Cash, The Rolling Stones, Balkan Beat Box and Soul Coughing. Those roots explain a lot about how Firewater arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Soul Coughing, Man Man, Afghan Whigs, Will Wood and the Tapeworms and Electric Six, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Girls Against Boys, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 26 connections around Firewater, reaching back through Gogol Bordello and forward to Girls Against Boys. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Firewater is an American band founded by American singer/instrumentalist Tod A. in New York City in 1995, after the breakup of his previous group Cop Shoot Cop. A self-described "world punk" band, Firewater incorporate diverse elements of world music with punk rock rhythms, including cabaret, ska, jazz, folk and most notably Eastern European influences such as klezmer and gypsy music, which has led to their inclusion in the gypsy punk genre.
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Firewater connections
Firewater grew out of Gogol Bordello, Johnny Cash, The Rolling Stones and Balkan Beat Box, shares an orbit with Soul Coughing, Man Man, Afghan Whigs and Will Wood and the Tapeworms, went on to shape Girls Against Boys. 26 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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