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The Detroit Cobras

Garage rock
Garage rock

The Detroit Cobras is a Garage rock act. Their sound grew out of Eddy Grant. Those roots explain a lot about how The Detroit Cobras arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Sonics, Supersuckers, The Von Bondies, Black Lips and Heartless Bastards, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Hackensaw Boys and The Von Bondies, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 12 connections around The Detroit Cobras, reaching back through Eddy Grant and forward to Hackensaw Boys. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
The Detroit CobrasEddy GrantHackensaw BoysThe Von BondiesThe SonicsSupersuckersThe Von BondiesBlack LipsHeartless BastardsFlamin' GrooviesThe KillsNew Bomb Turks

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The Detroit Cobras connections

The Detroit Cobras grew out of Eddy Grant, shares an orbit with The Sonics, Supersuckers, The Von Bondies and Black Lips, went on to shape Hackensaw Boys and The Von Bondies. 12 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

Who influenced The Detroit Cobras

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