◇ image via WikipediaThe Chain Gang of 1974
The Chain Gang of 1974 is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Primal Scream, Justice and Jimmy Eat World. Those roots explain a lot about how The Chain Gang of 1974 arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Panama, Twin Shadow, Miami Horror, Atlas Genius and Battle Tapes, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into ABC, The Naked and Famous, Dillon Francis, Flux Pavilion and 3OH!3, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 31 connections around The Chain Gang of 1974, reaching back through Black Rebel Motorcycle Club and forward to ABC. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Kamtin Mohager is an American singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, and graphic designer born in San Jose, California. Raised in Hawaii, and later Colorado, Mohager began pursuing punk rock music in his teenage years. Later inspired by shoegaze and alternative rock bands from the 1990s, he formed the indie electronic project The Chain Gang of 1974. He has released five studio albums, White Guts (2010), Wayward Fire (2011), Daydream Forever (2014), Felt (2017), and Honey Moon Drips (2020). His 2014 single "Sleepwalking" gained popularity for featuring on the video game Grand Theft Auto V (2013) and its accompanying soundtrack.
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The Chain Gang of 1974 connections
The Chain Gang of 1974 grew out of Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Primal Scream, Justice and Jimmy Eat World, shares an orbit with Panama, Twin Shadow, Miami Horror and Atlas Genius, went on to shape ABC, The Naked and Famous, Dillon Francis and Flux Pavilion. 31 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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