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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, Edwin McCain, Vertical Horizon, Matt Nathanson and The Calling, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Montgomery Gentry, A Great Big World, The All-American Rejects, Secondhand Serenade and A Change of Pace, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 39 connections around Five for Fighting, reaching back through Wind-up Records and forward to Montgomery Gentry. 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 Fighting connections
Five for Fighting grew out of Wind-up Records and Nirvana, shares an orbit with Howie Day, Edwin McCain, Vertical Horizon and Matt Nathanson, went on to shape Montgomery Gentry, A Great Big World, The All-American Rejects and Secondhand Serenade. 39 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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