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Five for Fighting

Five for Fighting is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Wind-up Records and Nirvana. Those roots explain a lot about how Five for Fighting arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Howie Day, Vertical Horizon, Matt Nathanson, The Calling and Gavin DeGraw, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into A Change of Pace, Secondhand Serenade, The All-American Rejects, Montgomery Gentry and A Great Big World, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 32 connections around Five for Fighting, reaching back through Wind-up Records and forward to A Change of Pace. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

Vladimir John Ondrasik III, known professionally as Five for Fighting, is an American singer-songwriter and pianist. He is best known for his piano-based soft rock, such as the top 40 hits "Superman " (2001), "100 Years" (2003), and "The Riddle" (2006). He also had a string of moderate hits on the adult contemporary charts in the late 2000s and into the 2010s, including "World" (2006) and "Chances" (2009).

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Five for FightingWind-up RecordsNirvanaA Change of PaceSecondhand SerenadeThe All-American Rej…Montgomery GentryA Great Big WorldHowie DayVertical HorizonMatt NathansonThe CallingGavin DeGrawHootie & The BlowfishTonicDaughtry

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Five for Fighting connections

Five for Fighting grew out of Wind-up Records and Nirvana, shares an orbit with Howie Day, Vertical Horizon, Matt Nathanson and The Calling, went on to shape A Change of Pace, Secondhand Serenade, The All-American Rejects and Montgomery Gentry. 32 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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