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Rock City

Rock City is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of The Beatles, The Yardbirds, The Who, 112 and Alex Chilton. Those roots explain a lot about how Rock City arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Flo Rida, Nico & Vinz, Taio Cruz, Ali Gatie and Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Elliott Smith, Beck, R.E.M., Teenage Fanclub and Pixies, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 34 connections around Rock City, reaching back through The Beatles and forward to Elliott Smith. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

Christopher Branford Bell was an American musician and singer-songwriter. Along with Alex Chilton, he led the power pop band Big Star through its first album #1 Record (1972). He also pursued a solo career throughout the mid-1970s, resulting in the posthumous I Am the Cosmos LP.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Rock CityThe BeatlesThe YardbirdsThe Who112Alex ChiltonElliott SmithBeckR.E.M.Teenage FanclubPixiesPrimal ScreamAfghan WhigsPete YornFlo RidaNico & VinzTaio CruzAli GatieMacklemore & Ryan Le…Charlie PuthDiddy - Dirty MoneyBaby Bash

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Rock City connections

Rock City grew out of The Beatles, The Yardbirds, The Who and 112, shares an orbit with Flo Rida, Nico & Vinz, Taio Cruz and Ali Gatie, went on to shape Elliott Smith, Beck, R.E.M. and Teenage Fanclub. 34 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

Who influenced Rock City

Roots5

Sounds and acts that shaped Rock City.

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Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with Rock City.

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