Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys described "Rubber Soul" as "the first album I listened to where every song was a gas" and planned his band's next project, "Pet Sounds", as an attempt to surpass it. "Rubber Soul" similarly inspired Pete Townshend of the Who and the Kinks' Ray Davies, as well as Jagger and Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones, who issued their first album of all-original material, "Aftermath", in April 1966. John Cale recalled that "Rubber Soul" was an inspiration as he and Lou Reed developed their band the Velvet Underground. He said the album was the first time "you were forced to deal with them as something other than a flash in the pan" and especially admired Harrison's introduction of Indian sounds.