Band Influences

After researching our bands website, we found that Starfish have noted what bands they are influenced by, and what music they enjoy playing; these included - Foo Fighters, The Killers, Manics, McFly, Squeeze, Take That, Stereophonics, McFly, You Me At Six, Bowling For Soup, New Found Glory, Greenday, Katy Perry and Girls Aloud.

Our group assigned 3 of these bands to each member of our group with the aim to research them and their music videos. This allowed us to get an idea of what our band may be like, and it also gave us an idea of music videos of a similar genre.

TAKE THAT

Background Info: 5 piece English boyband comprising of Gary Barlow, Howard Donald, Jason Orange, Mark Owen and Robbie Williams. The band formed in 1990 and split up in 1996 before re-forming again in 2005.
Genre: Pop, pop rock, soft rock 
Music Videos: Very first videos focus more on the lead singer, but later videos portray the group as a whole. Very youthful and fashionable clothes depending on the era. Later videos show the group as men and not young boys - maturity. Most videos tend to be amplification. 

GREENDAY

Background Info: 3 piece American band comprising of Billy Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt and Tre Cool. The band formed in 1987 and are still active today.
Genre: Punk rock, pop punk, alternative rock
Music Videos: Videos are very loud and out there. Most of the videos focus mainly on the lead singer, but other group members are shown. Narrative's are usually used, making them amplification music videos, but some videos even go as far as being disjuncture drawing in the attention of the audience.

STEREOPHONICS

Background Info: 4 piece Welsh band comprising of Kelly Jones, Richard Jones, Javier Weyler and Adam Zindani. The band formed in 1992 and are still active today.
Genre: Rock, alternative rock, indie rock

Music Videos: Most videos follow a narrative, but at the same time focus on teh band singing. Lead singer portrayed as more important, but again, other members of the group are shown. The videos usually follow a amplification or disjuncture theme.