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Guster is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Fruit Bats, Ben Folds Five, Boston Pops Orchestra, Dispatch and Bethany Joy Lenz. Those roots explain a lot about how Guster arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Ben Folds, Better Than Ezra, Toad The Wet Sprocket, Pete Yorn and Dawes, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into moe., Jack's Mannequin, Sara Bareilles, Phish and Widespread Panic, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 44 connections around Guster, reaching back through Fruit Bats and forward to moe.. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Guster is an American alternative rock band formed in Somerville, Massachusetts. Founding members Adam Gardner, Ryan Miller, and Brian Rosenworcel began practice sessions while attending Tufts University and formed the band in 1991. The members met during the freshman Wilderness Orientation program in August of that year, playing publicly together as a trio two months later at the Midnight Cafe coffee house in the common area of the Lewis Hall dormitory. While attending Tufts, the band lived at 139 College Avenue in Somerville.
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Guster connections
Guster grew out of Fruit Bats, Ben Folds Five, Boston Pops Orchestra and Dispatch, shares an orbit with Ben Folds, Better Than Ezra, Toad The Wet Sprocket and Pete Yorn, went on to shape moe., Jack's Mannequin, Sara Bareilles and Phish. 44 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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