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Them is a Garage rock act. Their sound grew out of Jimmy Reed, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Kim Fowley, Big Joe Williams and Bo Diddley. Those roots explain a lot about how Them arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Van Morrison, Paul Revere & The Raiders, The Yardbirds, The Animals and The Troggs, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Alice Cooper, MC5, Deep Purple, Dion DiMucci and The Raconteurs, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 50 connections around Them, reaching back through Jimmy Reed and forward to Alice Cooper. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Them connections
Them grew out of Jimmy Reed, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Kim Fowley and Big Joe Williams, shares an orbit with Van Morrison, Paul Revere & The Raiders, The Yardbirds and The Animals, went on to shape Alice Cooper, MC5, Deep Purple and Dion DiMucci. 50 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced Them
Sounds and acts that shaped Them.
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