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State Radio is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Dispatch, Bob Dylan and Rage Against the Machine. Those roots explain a lot about how State Radio arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Dispatch, The Beautiful Girls, Rx Bandits, The John Butler Trio and Guster, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Dave Matthews Band, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 38 connections around State Radio, reaching back through Dispatch and forward to Dave Matthews Band. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
State Radio was a Boston-based rock trio comprising singer and primary songwriter Chad Stokes Urmston, bassist Chuck Fay, and, formerly, drummer Michael Najarian. The band's songs focus on social and political issues and have been musically described as a combination of reggae, punk and rock.
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State Radio connections
State Radio grew out of Dispatch, Bob Dylan and Rage Against the Machine, shares an orbit with Dispatch, The Beautiful Girls, Rx Bandits and The John Butler Trio, went on to shape Dave Matthews Band. 38 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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