◇ image via WikipediaThe Music Explosion
The Music Explosion is a Garage rock act. Their sound grew out of Herman's Hermits. Those roots explain a lot about how The Music Explosion arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Box Tops, The Young Rascals, The Grass Roots, The Amboy Dukes and Herman's Hermits, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into The Easybeats and Acid Eaters, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 10 connections around The Music Explosion, reaching back through Herman's Hermits and forward to The Easybeats. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
The Music Explosion was an American garage rock band from Mansfield, Ohio, discovered and signed by record producers Jerry Kasenetz and Jeffry Katz.
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The Music Explosion connections
The Music Explosion grew out of Herman's Hermits, shares an orbit with The Box Tops, The Young Rascals, The Grass Roots and The Amboy Dukes, went on to shape The Easybeats and Acid Eaters. 10 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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