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The Rascals is a Indie rock act. Their sound grew out of Arif Mardin, Hello, I Love You, Them, Pat Benatar and The Beatles. Those roots explain a lot about how The Rascals arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Young Rascals, The Box Tops, The Grass Roots, Paul Revere & The Raiders and Herman's Hermits, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Procol Harum, Booker T. & the M.G.'s, Leslie West and Vanilla Fudge, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 28 connections around The Rascals, reaching back through Arif Mardin and forward to Procol Harum. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
The Rascals are an American rock and blue-eyed soul band formed in Garfield, New Jersey, southeast of Paterson in 1965. The original lineup featured lead vocalist and keyboardist Felix Cavaliere, vocalist and percussionist Eddie Brigati, drummer Dino Danelli, and guitarist and vocalist Gene Cornish. Cavaliere and Brigati wrote the majority of the Rascals' original material.
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The Rascals connections
The Rascals grew out of Arif Mardin, Hello, I Love You, Them and Pat Benatar, shares an orbit with The Young Rascals, The Box Tops, The Grass Roots and Paul Revere & The Raiders, went on to shape Procol Harum, Booker T. & the M.G.'s, Leslie West and Vanilla Fudge. 28 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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