![]() “That’s where all of us started.” And on their debut album, that’s where 5SOS ended too. “Good Charlotte is the reason I started playing guitar,” Hemmings said in a video on the band’s influences. ![]() Good Charlotte: The pop-punk community is still pretty split on Good Charlotte, but not 5 Seconds of Summer. ![]() ATL frontman Alex Gaskarth co-wrote three tracks with the band: “Kiss Me Kiss Me,” “End Up Here” and “Long Way Home.”ģ. The quartet responsible for jams like “Dear Maria, Count Me In” is one of only three influences named on 5 Seconds of Summer’s official Facebook page, and on their self-titled debut album, they go one better. All Time Low: These Maryland-based pop-punkers have never been shy about their Blink-182 influence, and in pop-punk’s circle of life, the 5 Seconds of Summer guys are some of All Time Low’s biggest devotees. They even covered “I Miss You”- a track that dropped when Hemmings was only seven - back in their pre-stardom days (2011, to be exact).Ģ. Luke Hemmings and company were younger than 10 years old when Blink could commonly be heard on the radio. Pop-punk bands claiming Blink-182 as a muse is nothing new, but given the tender age of the 5SOS guys, it’s notable nonetheless. Blink-182: One doesn’t have to dig too deep to realize that 5 Seconds of Summer were heavily influenced by the Mark, Tom and Travis show. Below, check out Billboard‘s rundown of 5 Seconds of Summer’s 10 biggest influences:ġ. Some were covered in the acoustic YouTube series of the early 5SOS days, some have adorned the band in T-shirt form (more on that later) and others have popped up in the songwriting credits of their liner notes. These days, some might say guitars are on the way out (which was told to the Beatles, once) but the quartet isn’t at all shy about repping the bands that inspired it. PHOTOS One Direction’s Take Me Home Tour in PicturesĪnd they’re not shy about their influences.
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