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My Darkest Days is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Thornley, Three Days Grace, Zakk Wylde, Kevin Rudolf and Nirvana. Those roots explain a lot about how My Darkest Days arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Adelitas Way, Saint Asonia, Three Days Grace, Theory of a Deadman and Saving Abel, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Three Days Grace, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 24 connections around My Darkest Days, reaching back through Thornley and forward to Three Days Grace. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
My Darkest Days was a Canadian rock band based in Peterborough, Ontario, consisting of lead vocalist Matt Walst, bassist Brendan McMillan, drummer Doug Oliver, guitarist Sal Costa, and keyboardist Reid Henry. They were discovered by Chad Kroeger of Nickelback, who signed them to his record label, 604 Records. They are best known for their 2010 single "Porn Star Dancing".
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My Darkest Days connections
My Darkest Days grew out of Thornley, Three Days Grace, Zakk Wylde and Kevin Rudolf, shares an orbit with Adelitas Way, Saint Asonia, Three Days Grace and Theory of a Deadman, went on to shape Three Days Grace. 24 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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