Ryder has influenced the music of such blue collar rock music artists as Bob Seger, John Mellencamp, and also Bruce Springsteen whose version of the song "Devil With a Blue Dress" was part of the No Nukes concert album in the early 1980s.
Ryder has been credited by guitarist Steve Hunter for giving Hunter his first real break in rock 'n' roll and introducing Hunter to producer Bob Ezrin [REF].