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Me First and the Gimme Gimmes

Punk rock
Punk rock

Me First and the Gimme Gimmes is a Punk rock act. Their sound grew out of C. J. Ramone, NOFX, Elton John, Neil Diamond and John Denver. Those roots explain a lot about how Me First and the Gimme Gimmes arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as NOFX, Lagwagon, Goldfinger, Less Than Jake and Bad Religion, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into The Skints, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 31 connections around Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, reaching back through C. J. Ramone and forward to The Skints. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Me First and the Gimme GimmesC. J. RamoneNOFXElton JohnNeil DiamondJohn DenverBoyz II MenLionel RichieREO SpeedwagonThe SkintsNOFXLagwagonGoldfingerLess Than JakeBad ReligionThe Suicide MachinesNo Fun at AllThe Living End

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Me First and the Gimme Gimmes connections

Me First and the Gimme Gimmes grew out of C. J. Ramone, NOFX, Elton John and Neil Diamond, shares an orbit with NOFX, Lagwagon, Goldfinger and Less Than Jake, went on to shape The Skints. 31 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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