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The Screaming Jets is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Johnny Cash, The Angels, Van Halen and AC/DC. Those roots explain a lot about how The Screaming Jets arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Angels, Grinspoon, Noiseworks, Powderfinger and Australian Crawl, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Thunder, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 19 connections around The Screaming Jets, reaching back through Johnny Cash and forward to Thunder. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
The Screaming Jets are an Australian hard rock band formed in Newcastle, New South Wales, from the band Aspect formed in high school by Grant, Dave, Frank Manitta and Wiltshire in 1984 which Paul Woseen was also a later member of. In 1989 The Screaming Jets were formed by Grant Walmsley, Dave Gleeson, Paul Woseen, Brad Heaney and Richard Lara. The band has three albums that peaked in the top five on the Australian ARIA Charts: All for One (1991), Tear of Thought (1992), The Screaming Jets (1995), and Professional Misconduct (2023). Their 1991 single "Better" reached No. 4 on the related singles chart. Walmsley left in 2006 and formed his own band. In 2013, bassist Paul Woseen released an acoustic solo album, Bombido.
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The Screaming Jets grew out of Johnny Cash, The Angels, Van Halen and AC/DC, shares an orbit with The Angels, Grinspoon, Noiseworks and Powderfinger, went on to shape Thunder. 19 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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