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Rival Sons

Rival Sons is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Jesse Welles, Black Sabbath, Oleander, AC/DC and Alice Cooper. Those roots explain a lot about how Rival Sons arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Temperance Movement, The Blue Stones, Greta Van Fleet, Wolfmother and Band of Skulls, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Earache Records and We Are Harlot, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 38 connections around Rival Sons, reaching back through Jesse Welles and forward to Earache Records. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

Rival Sons are an American rock band formed in Long Beach, California in 2009 and also affiliated with Nashville, Tennessee. The band consists of Jay Buchanan, Scott Holiday (guitar), Dave Beste and Michael Miley (drums). In their most recent tour they were joined by keyboard player Jesse Nason, and Todd Ögren accompanied them on previous tours. They are signed to Atlantic Records via Dave Cobb's label Low Country Sound, an imprint of Elektra.

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Rival SonsJesse WellesBlack SabbathOleanderAC/DCAlice CooperKid RockPink FloydLed ZeppelinEarache RecordsWe Are HarlotThe Temperance Movem…The Blue StonesGreta Van FleetWolfmotherBand of SkullsBlack Stone CherryThe Dead DaisiesSlash

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Rival Sons connections

Rival Sons grew out of Jesse Welles, Black Sabbath, Oleander and AC/DC, shares an orbit with The Temperance Movement, The Blue Stones, Greta Van Fleet and Wolfmother, went on to shape Earache Records and We Are Harlot. 38 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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