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=== Influence === [[Radiohead]] recorded their 1995 song "[[Fake Plastic Trees]]" after being inspired by Buckley's performance at the [[The Garage, London|Garage, London]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Dalton |first=Stephen |date=September 1997 |title=The dour and the glory |journal=[[Vox (magazine)|Vox]] |publisher=[[IPC Media]] |issue=}}</ref> The bassist, [[Colin Greenwood]], said, "He just had a Telecaster and a pint of Guinness. And it was just fucking amazing, really inspirational."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dalton |first=Stephen |date=2016-03-18 |title=Radiohead: "We were spitting and fighting and crying…" |url=https://www.uncut.co.uk/features/radiohead-we-were-spitting-and-fighting-and-crying-73254/ |access-date=2022-04-26 |website=UNCUT |language=en-GB}}</ref> The singer, [[Thom Yorke]], said Buckley gave him the confidence to sing in falsetto.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Dalton |first=Stephen |date=September 1997 |title=The dour and the glory |magazine=[[Vox (magazine)|Vox]] |issue=}}</ref> The singer and guitarist [[Matt Bellamy]] of [[Muse (band)|Muse]] said he did not believe his singing would be suitable for rock music until he heard ''Grace'', which made him confident that "a high-pitched, softer voice can work very well".<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Greene |first=Andy |date=2021-07-19 |title=Muse's Matt Bellamy Bought Jeff Buckley's 'Grace' Guitar and Recorded a Song With It |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/muse-matt-bellamy-jeff-buckleys-grace-guitar-1198086/ |access-date=2023-05-26 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |language=en-US}}</ref> The [[Coldplay]] singer [[Chris Martin]] described the 2000 Coldplay single "[[Shiver (Coldplay song)|Shiver]]" as a Buckley "ripoff".<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/h-aMdvcsLew Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20140627034208/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-aMdvcsLew Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{citation|last=Strombo|title=Secrets of Viva la Vida – Coldplay Exclusive|date=September 11, 2008|url=https://www.youtube.com/watcoh?v=h-aMdvcsLew|access-date=July 5, 2016}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Other musicians influenced by Buckley include [[Adele]], [[Bat for Lashes|Bat For Lashes]], [[Lana Del Rey]], [[Anna Calvi]], [[Kiesza]], [[Ben Folds]], [[Jonny Lang]], [[Eddie Vedder]], [[Fran Healy (musician)|Fran Healy]], [[Chris Cornell]], and [[Nelly Furtado]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=MojoPin.org |url=https://mojopin.org/pages/other_quotes.php |access-date=2021-07-20 |website=mojopin.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Happy Birthday Jeff Buckley - 11 of the artists he inspired |url=https://www.gigwise.com/photos/103847/jeff-buckley-artists-inspired-by-the-hallelujah-&-grace-stars-songs |access-date=2021-07-20 |website=www.gigwise.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Parker |first1=Lyndsey |title=Exclusive LAUNCH Artist Chat |url=http://music.yahoo.com/read/interview/12058557 |access-date=March 22, 2007 |website=Yahoo! Music|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070322233026/http://music.yahoo.com/read/interview/12058557 |archive-date=22 March 2007 }}</ref>
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