Discuss the Influence on Hunter S. Thompson from Kerouac

[the monk in question]

I ain't gonna bullshit and say I read too much of these authors, but reading the first pages of "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" and "On the Road" on Kindle, the similarity between the styles struck me. Maybe we have a few Hunter S. Thompson fans and Beat generation obsessive who'd be able to give a more philosophical perspective on this debate.