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You Am I is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Crowded House, Spiderbait, Hoodoo Gurus, Aerosmith and Sonic Youth. Those roots explain a lot about how You Am I arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Jebediah, Powderfinger, Regurgitator, Grinspoon and Hunters & Collectors, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Jet, Powderfinger, The Vines, Jebediah and TZU, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 35 connections around You Am I, reaching back through Crowded House and forward to Jet. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
You Am I are an Australian power pop band, fronted by its songwriter and guitarist, Tim Rogers. They formed in December 1989 and are the first Australian band to have released three successive albums that have each debuted at the number-one position on the ARIA Albums Chart: Hi Fi Way, Hourly, Daily and #4 Record. Nine of their tracks appeared on the related ARIA Singles Chart top 50 with "What I Don't Know 'bout You", their highest charting, at No. 28. You Am I have received ten ARIA Music Awards from thirty-one nominations. The band have supported international artists such as the Who, the Rolling Stones, Sonic Youth and Oasis.
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You Am I connections
You Am I grew out of Crowded House, Spiderbait, Hoodoo Gurus and Aerosmith, shares an orbit with Jebediah, Powderfinger, Regurgitator and Grinspoon, went on to shape Jet, Powderfinger, The Vines and Jebediah. 35 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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