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The Monkees is a Alternative rock and Rock act. Their sound grew out of Neil Diamond, Fats Domino, Carole King, Rivers Cuomo and The Animals. Those roots explain a lot about how The Monkees arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Lovin' Spoonful, The Beach Boys, The Association, Herman's Hermits and Paul Revere & The Raiders, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into The Partridge Family, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Sweet, Kurt Cobain and Sex Pistols, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 66 connections around The Monkees, reaching back through Neil Diamond and forward to The Partridge Family. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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The Monkees connections
The Monkees grew out of Neil Diamond, Fats Domino, Carole King and Rivers Cuomo, shares an orbit with The Lovin' Spoonful, The Beach Boys, The Association and Herman's Hermits, went on to shape The Partridge Family, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Sweet and Kurt Cobain. 66 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced The Monkees
Sounds and acts that shaped The Monkees.
Artists similar to The Monkees
Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with The Monkees.
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Bands The Monkees shaped
Where the influence of The Monkees travelled next.
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