Lord Tracy

USA, 1987–now

Dallas band whose one major-label record, Deaf Gods of Babylon (1989), put funk and rap phrasing inside hard rock a year before that combination became a genre. MCA dropped them and the moment passed them by.

MusicRoots documents 4 artists who influenced Lord Tracy and 0 artists Lord Tracy influenced in turn. Every connection cites a published source.

Who influenced Lord Tracy?

• Motörhead — One end of the range Deaf Gods of Babylon covers — the record runs from Beastie Boys to Motorhead and back inside a single side.
• Beastie Boys — The other end, and the reason the band sounds a year early rather than a year late.
• AC/DC — Named in the same review among the record's influences.
• Aerosmith — And the third of them.