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Sloan

Sloan is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Big Sugar, Fountains of Wayne, Hot Hot Heat, Eric's Trip and Joel Plaskett Emergency. Those roots explain a lot about how Sloan arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Sam Roberts, Limblifter, Joel Plaskett Emergency, Big Wreck and Matthew Sweet, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Rooney, Buck 65, Phantom Planet, Pete Yorn and The Tea Party, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 34 connections around Sloan, reaching back through Big Sugar and forward to Rooney. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

Sloan is a Canadian rock band formed in Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1991. Sloan has released fourteen full-length albums and has received nine Juno Award nominations, winning one. Between 1996 and 2016, Sloan was among the top 75 best-selling Canadian artists in Canada and among the top 25 best-selling Canadian bands in Canada. The band is known for the sharing of songwriting and lead vocals from each member of the group and their unaltered line-up throughout their career. Although formed in Halifax, the band is now based in Toronto.

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SloanBig SugarFountains of WayneHot Hot HeatEric's TripJoel Plaskett Emerge…The LemonheadsMinor ThreatAngry SamoansRooneyBuck 65Phantom PlanetPete YornThe Tea PartyBelvedereOK GoSam RobertsLimblifterJoel Plaskett Emerge…Big WreckMatthew SweetSuperdragMatthew GoodThe New Pornographers

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Sloan connections

Sloan grew out of Big Sugar, Fountains of Wayne, Hot Hot Heat and Eric's Trip, shares an orbit with Sam Roberts, Limblifter, Joel Plaskett Emergency and Big Wreck, went on to shape Rooney, Buck 65, Phantom Planet and Pete Yorn. 34 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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