◇ image via WikipediaMink DeVille
Mink DeVille is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of The Velvet Underground, John Lee Hooker, The Drifters, Little Walter and Elmore James. Those roots explain a lot about how Mink DeVille arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Dave Edmunds, Herman Brood & His Wild Romance, The Troggs, Herman Brood and Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Altogether the chart holds 49 connections around Mink DeVille, reaching back through The Velvet Underground. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Mink DeVille was a rock band founded in 1974, known for its association with early punk rock bands at New York's CBGB nightclub and for being a showcase for the music of Willy DeVille. The band recorded six albums in the years 1977 to 1985, after which it disbanded the next year. Except for frontman Willy DeVille, the original members of the band played only on the first two albums. For the remaining albums and for tours, Willy DeVille assembled musicians to play under the name "Mink Deville". After 1985, when Willy DeVille began recording and touring under his own name, his backup bands were sometimes called "The Mink DeVille Band", an allusion to the earlier Mink Deville name.
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Mink DeVille connections
Mink DeVille grew out of The Velvet Underground, John Lee Hooker, The Drifters and Little Walter, shares an orbit with Dave Edmunds, Herman Brood & His Wild Romance, The Troggs and Herman Brood. 49 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced Mink DeVille
Sounds and acts that shaped Mink DeVille.
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Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with Mink DeVille.
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