Influences
American Hi-Fi are influenced by a lot of Rock and Roll acts such as Cheap Trick, The Pixies, Superdrag, My Bloody Valentine, Nirvana, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, etc. The band members state their major influences are all that classic from the 1980s and the 1990s. The band has also mentioned some bands in their songs, "the breakup song" 2nd verse sings "One more thing before you go would you please give me my records back, "My Bloody Valentine", "The Pixies", "Cheap Trick", and Back in Black." and in the song "Hell Yeah!" they mention The Rolling Stones and The Jam.
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Famous quotes containing the word influences:
“I don’t believe in villains or heroes, only in right or wrong ways that individuals are taken, not by choice, but by necessity or by certain still uncomprehended influences in themselves, their circumstances and their antecedents.”
—Tennessee Williams (1914–1983)
“Nothing changes more constantly than the past; for the past that influences our lives does not consist of what actually happened, but of what men believe happened.”
—Gerald W. Johnson (1890–1980)
“The first in time and the first in importance of the influences upon the mind is that of nature. Every day, the sun; and after sunset, night and her stars. Ever the winds blow; ever the grass grows.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)