The Influence is a five-piece post-flannel rock band from Virginia Beach, VA. Like their musical brethren Pearl Jam and Kings of Leon, The Influence’s sound combine acoustic and electric sounds, luscious counter-melodies and seldom heard five part harmonies. Live, the band is pure chaos in search of perfection, usually leaving a stage dismantled and the audience enamored, The Washington Post’s Pamela Murray Winters was so inspired by The Influence that she wrote that the band “shines like su...