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Akira Takasaki

Heavy metal
Heavy metal

Akira Takasaki is a Heavy metal act. Their sound grew out of Ritchie Blackmore. Those roots explain a lot about how Akira Takasaki arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Loudness, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Paul Gilbert and Marty Friedman, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 4 connections around Akira Takasaki, reaching back through Ritchie Blackmore and forward to Paul Gilbert. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Akira TakasakiRitchie BlackmorePaul GilbertMarty FriedmanLoudness

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Akira Takasaki connections

Akira Takasaki grew out of Ritchie Blackmore, shares an orbit with Loudness, went on to shape Paul Gilbert and Marty Friedman. 4 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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