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Alan Parsons

Alternative rock
Alternative rockProgressive rock

Alan Parsons is a Alternative rock and Progressive rock act. Their sound grew out of The Beatles, Wings, The Hollies, Pink Floyd and Al Stewart. Those roots explain a lot about how Alan Parsons arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Eric Woolfson, Mike Oldfield, Manfred Mann's Earth Band, Fish and Tony Banks, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Tommy Shaw, Todd Rundgren, Ann Wilson, John Entwistle and Lady Antebellum, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 41 connections around Alan Parsons, reaching back through The Beatles and forward to Tommy Shaw. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Alan ParsonsThe BeatlesWingsThe HolliesPink FloydAl StewartArista RecordsCandy DulferEric WoolfsonTommy ShawTodd RundgrenAnn WilsonJohn EntwistleLady AntebellumJake ShimabukuroBilly SherwoodSteven WilsonEric WoolfsonMike OldfieldManfred Mann's Earth…FishTony BanksCamelMike & The MechanicsRoger Waters

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Alan Parsons connections

Alan Parsons grew out of The Beatles, Wings, The Hollies and Pink Floyd, shares an orbit with Eric Woolfson, Mike Oldfield, Manfred Mann's Earth Band and Fish, went on to shape Tommy Shaw, Todd Rundgren, Ann Wilson and John Entwistle. 41 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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