'Catalyst bands': What do you mean, you've never heard of them?

They're the groups who never became stars – but inspired countless other musicians, or laid the groundwork for something bigger. Meet the 'catalyst bands'It's one of rock's most familiar stories: the band that toils away in obscurity, loved by a bare handful of fans, that splits without ever being noticed, or whose career just sputter out; then, often years later, their name crops up again and again, cited as an influence by scores of young bands. Some of these bands – the Velvet Undergroun...

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