◇ image via WikipediaUmphrey's McGee
Umphrey's McGee is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Gorillaz, MGMT, Nirvana, Guns N' Roses and Vince Guaraldi. Those roots explain a lot about how Umphrey's McGee arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The String Cheese Incident, Widespread Panic, The Motet, Soulive and The Flower Kings, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Altogether the chart holds 25 connections around Umphrey's McGee, reaching back through Gorillaz. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Umphrey's McGee, sometimes stylized as UM, is an American rock band originally from South Bend, Indiana. The band experiments with many musical styles, including rock, metal, funk, jazz, blues, reggae, electronic, bluegrass, country, and folk. They have toured regularly and released several albums. Since 2002, they have been the headlining act and organizers of Summer Camp Music Festival, which is held annually in Three Sisters Park in Chillicothe, Illinois.
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Umphrey's McGee connections
Umphrey's McGee grew out of Gorillaz, MGMT, Nirvana and Guns N' Roses, shares an orbit with The String Cheese Incident, Widespread Panic, The Motet and Soulive. 25 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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