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John's Children is a Psychedelic rock act. Their sound grew out of The Yardbirds, The Who and The Beatles. Those roots explain a lot about how John's Children arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Tremeloes, Paul Revere & The Raiders, The Idle Race, The Yardbirds and Manfred Mann, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into The Smithereens, T. Rex, Jet and Sparks, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 16 connections around John's Children, reaching back through The Yardbirds and forward to The Smithereens. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
John's Children were a 1960s rock band from Leatherhead, England that briefly featured future T. Rex frontman Marc Bolan. John's Children were known for their outrageous live performances and were booted off a tour with the Who in Germany in 1967 when they upstaged the headliners. Their 1967 single "Desdemona", a Bolan composition, was banned by the BBC because of the controversial lyric, "Lift up your skirt and fly." Their US record label delayed the release of their debut album, Orgasm, for four years from its recording date due to objections from Daughters of the American Revolution.
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John's Children connections
John's Children grew out of The Yardbirds, The Who and The Beatles, shares an orbit with The Tremeloes, Paul Revere & The Raiders, The Idle Race and The Yardbirds, went on to shape The Smithereens, T. Rex, Jet and Sparks. 16 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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