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Al Atkins

Heavy metal
Heavy metal

Al Atkins is a Heavy metal act. Their sound grew out of Rocka Rolla. Those roots explain a lot about how Al Atkins arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Glenn Tipton, Bill Ward, Hear 'n Aid and Steve Harris, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Rob Halford, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 6 connections around Al Atkins, reaching back through Rocka Rolla and forward to Rob Halford. 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
Al AtkinsRocka RollaRob HalfordGlenn TiptonBill WardHear 'n AidSteve Harris

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Al Atkins connections

Al Atkins grew out of Rocka Rolla, shares an orbit with Glenn Tipton, Bill Ward, Hear 'n Aid and Steve Harris, went on to shape Rob Halford. 6 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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Roots1

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