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Jonathan Richman is a Folk act. Their sound grew out of Earl Zero, Greg Kihn Band, Ric Ocasek, Ten New Songs and The Velvet Underground. Those roots explain a lot about how Jonathan Richman arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Alex Chilton, Stephen Malkmus, Destroyer, Loudon Wainwright III and Bill Callahan, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Mac DeMarco, Sex Pistols, Joan Jett, David Bowie and John Cale, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 52 connections around Jonathan Richman, reaching back through Earl Zero and forward to Mac DeMarco. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Jonathan Richman connections
Jonathan Richman grew out of Earl Zero, Greg Kihn Band, Ric Ocasek and Ten New Songs, shares an orbit with Alex Chilton, Stephen Malkmus, Destroyer and Loudon Wainwright III, went on to shape Mac DeMarco, Sex Pistols, Joan Jett and David Bowie. 52 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced Jonathan Richman
Sounds and acts that shaped Jonathan Richman.
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Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with Jonathan Richman.
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Bands Jonathan Richman shaped
Where the influence of Jonathan Richman travelled next.
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