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Ryan Star is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Jon Bon Jovi. Those roots explain a lot about how Ryan Star arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as 12 Stones, Hinder, Thriving Ivory, Adelitas Way and Scott Stapp, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Hedley, Takida and David Cook, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 20 connections around Ryan Star, reaching back through Jon Bon Jovi and forward to Hedley. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Ryan Stahr Kulchinsky, known professionally as Ryan Star, is an American rock singer-songwriter from Long Island, New York, currently signed on Island Records. His first major label record 11:59, released via Atlantic in 2010, reached No. 31 on Billboard 200 and No. 10 on Billboard Rock albums chart. Star became known to a wider audience as contestant on the CBS reality TV show Rock Star: Supernova in 2006. His songs have featured on several TV shows and promotion. His song "Brand New Day", featured as the main theme to Fox TV series Lie to Me, earned him a BMI TV Music Award in May 2009.
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Ryan Star connections
Ryan Star grew out of Jon Bon Jovi, shares an orbit with 12 Stones, Hinder, Thriving Ivory and Adelitas Way, went on to shape Hedley, Takida and David Cook. 20 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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