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Gin Blossoms is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Odds, Kiss and Elton John. Those roots explain a lot about how Gin Blossoms arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Toad The Wet Sprocket, Better Than Ezra, Tonic, The Wallflowers and Vertical Horizon, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Everclear, Lit, Marcy Playground, Collective Soul and Blues Traveler, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 36 connections around Gin Blossoms, reaching back through Odds and forward to Everclear. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Gin Blossoms are an American rock band formed in 1987 in Tempe, Arizona. They rose to prominence following the 1992 release of their first major label album, New Miserable Experience, and the first single released from that album, "Hey Jealousy". "Hey Jealousy" became a Top 25 hit and went gold, and New Miserable Experience eventually went quadruple platinum; four other charting singles were released from the album. The band's follow-up album, Congratulations I'm Sorry (1996), went platinum, and the single "As Long as It Matters" was nominated for a Grammy Award. The band's other hits include "Found Out About You" (1993), "Til I Hear It from You" (1995), and "Follow You Down" (1996).
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Gin Blossoms connections
Gin Blossoms grew out of Odds, Kiss and Elton John, shares an orbit with Toad The Wet Sprocket, Better Than Ezra, Tonic and The Wallflowers, went on to shape Everclear, Lit, Marcy Playground and Collective Soul. 36 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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