 In his book Riot on Sunset Strip : Rock ' n ' Roll 's Last Stand in 60s Hollywood , music historian Domenic Priore attempts to sum up the band 's influence by noting , " Few of The Byrds ' contemporaries can claim to have made such a subversive impact on popular culture . The band had a much larger , more positive impact on the world at large than any Billboard chart position or album sales or concert attendance figure could possibly measure . " 
