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Fruit Bats

Fruit Bats is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Vetiver, The Velvet Underground, Uncle Tupelo, Big Star and The Beatles. Those roots explain a lot about how Fruit Bats arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Dr. Dog, Kevin Morby, Whitney, Houndmouth and Cut Worms, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Guster, The Decemberists and Said the Whale, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 36 connections around Fruit Bats, reaching back through Vetiver and forward to Guster. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

Fruit Bats is an American indie rock band formed in 1997 in Chicago, Illinois, as the project of singer/songwriter Eric D. Johnson. Johnson is the band's sole permanent member, with various musicians joining the band in live and studio settings.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Fruit BatsVetiverThe Velvet UndergroundUncle TupeloBig StarThe BeatlesJoni MitchellTalk TalkPrinceGusterThe DecemberistsSaid the WhaleDr. DogKevin MorbyWhitneyHoundmouthCut WormsBonny Light HorsemanAndy ShaufCotton Jones

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Fruit Bats connections

Fruit Bats grew out of Vetiver, The Velvet Underground, Uncle Tupelo and Big Star, shares an orbit with Dr. Dog, Kevin Morby, Whitney and Houndmouth, went on to shape Guster, The Decemberists and Said the Whale. 36 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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