◇ image via WikipediaAdrian Smith
Adrian Smith is a Heavy metal act. Their sound grew out of Dave Murray, Johnny Winter, Zak Starkey and Welcome to My Nightmare. Those roots explain a lot about how Adrian Smith arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Steve Harris and Glenn Tipton, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Kerry King, Iron Maiden, Glenn Tipton, K. K. Downing and Frédéric Leclercq, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 11 connections around Adrian Smith, reaching back through Dave Murray and forward to Kerry King. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Adrian Smith grew out of Dave Murray, Johnny Winter, Zak Starkey and Welcome to My Nightmare, shares an orbit with Steve Harris and Glenn Tipton, went on to shape Kerry King, Iron Maiden, Glenn Tipton and K. K. Downing. 11 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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