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Rx Bandits is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of The Velvet Teen, The Who, Bob Marley, Elvis Costello and Neil Young. Those roots explain a lot about how Rx Bandits arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Streetlight Manifesto, Catch 22, Less Than Jake, The Suicide Machines and The Pietasters, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into k-os, New Found Glory, Portugal. The Man, As Tall As Lions and The Builders and the Butchers, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 30 connections around Rx Bandits, reaching back through The Velvet Teen and forward to k-os. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Rx Bandits are an American rock band based in Seal Beach, California, United States. The band formed in 1995 in Orange County, California. Initially formed as a reggae/ska band, their style overtime evolved into a hybrid of progressive rock, ska and reggae.
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Rx Bandits connections
Rx Bandits grew out of The Velvet Teen, The Who, Bob Marley and Elvis Costello, shares an orbit with Streetlight Manifesto, Catch 22, Less Than Jake and The Suicide Machines, went on to shape k-os, New Found Glory, Portugal. The Man and As Tall As Lions. 30 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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