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Ohio Players is a Funk act. Their sound grew out of Bootsy's Rubber Band, The Wild Magnolias and Bootsy Collins. Those roots explain a lot about how Ohio Players arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Slave, Graham Central Station, The Bar-Kays, Brick and The J.B.'s, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Red Hot Chili Peppers, D'Angelo, EARTHGANG, Dumpstaphunk and Shirley Murdock, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 46 connections around Ohio Players, reaching back through Bootsy's Rubber Band and forward to Red Hot Chili Peppers. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Ohio Players connections
Ohio Players grew out of Bootsy's Rubber Band, The Wild Magnolias and Bootsy Collins, shares an orbit with Slave, Graham Central Station, The Bar-Kays and Brick, went on to shape Red Hot Chili Peppers, D'Angelo, EARTHGANG and Dumpstaphunk. 46 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced Ohio Players
Sounds and acts that shaped Ohio Players.
Artists similar to Ohio Players
Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with Ohio Players.
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