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The Kingsmen is a Garage rock act. Their sound grew out of Aaron Tippin, Sir Mack Rice, The Olympics, Barrett Strong and Richard Berry. Those roots explain a lot about how The Kingsmen arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Paul Revere & The Raiders, The Troggs, The Sonics, The Box Tops and The Animals, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into The Stooges, Motörhead, Ultramagnetic MC's, Sha Na Na and Donald Fagen, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 37 connections around The Kingsmen, reaching back through Aaron Tippin and forward to The Stooges. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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The Kingsmen connections
The Kingsmen grew out of Aaron Tippin, Sir Mack Rice, The Olympics and Barrett Strong, shares an orbit with Paul Revere & The Raiders, The Troggs, The Sonics and The Box Tops, went on to shape The Stooges, Motörhead, Ultramagnetic MC's and Sha Na Na. 37 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced The Kingsmen
Sounds and acts that shaped The Kingsmen.
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