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Stiv Bators is a Punk rock act. Their sound grew out of The Stooges, Doctor and the Medics, Eric Carmen, Iggy Pop and Jim Morrison. Those roots explain a lot about how Stiv Bators arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Dead Boys, New York Dolls, The Heartbreakers, The Undertones and Buzzcocks, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Dee Dee Ramone and Brian James, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 17 connections around Stiv Bators, reaching back through The Stooges and forward to Dee Dee Ramone. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Steven John Bator, known professionally as Stiv Bator and later as Stiv Bators, was an American punk rock vocalist and guitarist from Youngstown, Ohio. He is best remembered for his bands Dead Boys and the Lords of the New Church.
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Stiv Bators grew out of The Stooges, Doctor and the Medics, Eric Carmen and Iggy Pop, shares an orbit with Dead Boys, New York Dolls, The Heartbreakers and The Undertones, went on to shape Dee Dee Ramone and Brian James. 17 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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