According to Kid Cudi, bands that inspired the album include Electric Light Orchestra, Jimi Hendrix, Nirvana, Pixies and Pink Floyd.

The band's influences include Arcade Fire, Pixies, The Cure and The Clash.

Later bands from eastern Massachusetts included Pixies, Honest Bob and the Factory-to-Dealer Incentives, Morphine, Chip Goddard, Galaxie 500, Swirlies and the Pernice Brothers.

The group's influences include Sleater-Kinney, Pixies, Leonard Cohen, The Smiths, The Raveonettes, The Magnetic Fields, Jesus and Mary Chain, The Walkmen, Slumber Party, and Beat Happening.

Bands that have recorded at Q Division include Pixies, who recorded their second album Surfer Rosa at the studio.

Guests included Morrissey, Lou Reed, Elvis Costello, Pixies, The Killers, New Order, Paul McCartney and Mick Jagger.

On July 14 and 15, the headliners and notable musicians included Coldcut, Pixies, The Frames, Danko Jones, Dizzee Rascal, Gogol Bordello, Natacha Atlas, and Stereo MCs.

According to their MySpace profile, their musical influences include Pixies, My Bloody Valentine and Pavement.

Their influences include The Velvet Underground, The Clash, Pixies, New Order, Joy Division, Depeche Mode, Interpol and The Strokes.