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Save Ferris is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Dexys Midnight Runners. Those roots explain a lot about how Save Ferris arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Catch 22, The Interrupters, The Pietasters, Less Than Jake and Goldfinger, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into No Doubt, The Specials, Rx Bandits, Oingo Boingo and Good Charlotte, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 27 connections around Save Ferris, reaching back through Dexys Midnight Runners and forward to No Doubt. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Save Ferris is an American ska punk band formed circa 1995 in Orange County, California, United States. Their name is a reference to the 1986 film Ferris Bueller's Day Off. In 1995, the band began to perform underground venues in Southern California. In 1996, the band won a Grammy showcase award for best unsigned band and a contract with Epic Records. Their album It Means Everything from 1997 was their first full-length album. By 1999, the band moved from ska-pop into pop-punk. After a hiatus, in 2017, Save Ferris released the Checkered Past EP.
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Save Ferris connections
Save Ferris grew out of Dexys Midnight Runners, shares an orbit with Catch 22, The Interrupters, The Pietasters and Less Than Jake, went on to shape No Doubt, The Specials, Rx Bandits and Oingo Boingo. 27 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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