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Rival Sons is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Jesse Welles, Genesis, 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, Ayron Jones, Greta Van Fleet and Wolfmother, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into We Are Harlot and Earache Records, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 41 connections around Rival Sons, reaching back through Jesse Welles and forward to We Are Harlot. 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 Sons connections
Rival Sons grew out of Jesse Welles, Genesis, Oleander and AC/DC, shares an orbit with The Temperance Movement, The Blue Stones, Ayron Jones and Greta Van Fleet, went on to shape We Are Harlot and Earache Records. 41 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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