◇ image via WikipediaThe Pietasters
The Pietasters is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Joe Strummer, Suburban Legends, Bad Manners, No Doubt and The Skatalites. Those roots explain a lot about how The Pietasters arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Hepcat, The Aggrolites, Westbound Train, Catch 22 and Less Than Jake, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into The Bouncing Souls, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 28 connections around The Pietasters, reaching back through Joe Strummer and forward to The Bouncing Souls. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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The Pietasters are an American eight-piece ska/soul band from Washington, D.C., with additional members from Maryland and Virginia.
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The Pietasters connections
The Pietasters grew out of Joe Strummer, Suburban Legends, Bad Manners and No Doubt, shares an orbit with Hepcat, The Aggrolites, Westbound Train and Catch 22, went on to shape The Bouncing Souls. 28 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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