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Gang of Youths

Gang of Youths is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Noah and the Whale, Tash Sultana, Wilco, Curtis Mayfield and David Bowie. Those roots explain a lot about how Gang of Youths arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Middle Kids, Ruby Fields, The Rubens, Spacey Jane and The Jungle Giants, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Twenty One Pilots, Mumford & Sons and Foo Fighters, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 30 connections around Gang of Youths, reaching back through Noah and the Whale and forward to Twenty One Pilots. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

Gang of Youths are an Australian alternative rock band from Sydney, New South Wales, which formed in 2012. The band was founded by chief songwriter and lead vocalist David Le'aupepe; he has been joined by Jung Kim on guitar and keyboards since the band's inception, as well as Donnie Borzestowski on drums since 2014 and Tom Hobden on violin, rhythm guitar and keyboards since 2020. The band's debut studio album The Positions (2015) received multiple ARIA Award nominations and peaked at number five on the Australian albums chart. It provided the single "Magnolia", which has been described as their breakthrough hit and was certified platinum in 2018.

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Gang of YouthsNoah and the WhaleTash SultanaWilcoCurtis MayfieldDavid BowieJoni MitchellTwenty One PilotsMumford & SonsFoo FightersMiddle KidsRuby FieldsThe RubensSpacey JaneThe Jungle GiantsDMA'sAlex LaheyPowderfinger

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Gang of Youths connections

Gang of Youths grew out of Noah and the Whale, Tash Sultana, Wilco and Curtis Mayfield, shares an orbit with Middle Kids, Ruby Fields, The Rubens and Spacey Jane, went on to shape Twenty One Pilots, Mumford & Sons and Foo Fighters. 30 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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