◇ image via WikipediaSurfin' Bird
Surfin' Bird is a Garage rock act. Their influence carried into The Cramps, Sodom and Silverchair, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 3 connections around Surfin' Bird and forward to The Cramps. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
"Surfin' Bird" is a song performed by American surf rock band the Trashmen, containing the repetitive lyric "the bird is the word". It has been covered many times. The song is a combination of two R&B hits by the Rivingtons: "Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow" and "The Bird's the Word".
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Surfin' Bird connections
Surfin' Bird went on to shape The Cramps, Sodom and Silverchair. 3 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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