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Alex Lifeson

Heavy metal
Heavy metalProgressive rockRap

Alex Lifeson is a Heavy metal and Progressive rock act. Their catalogue also touches Rap. Their sound grew out of Steve Hackett, Jimi Hendrix, Pete Townshend, Tony Iommi and Jeff Beck. Those roots explain a lot about how Alex Lifeson arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Geddy Lee, Blackwater Park, Wishbone Ash and Writing on the Wall, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Mike McCready, Jerry Cantrell, Paul Gilbert, Lifetime and Zakk Wylde, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 27 connections around Alex Lifeson, reaching back through Steve Hackett and forward to Mike McCready. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Alex LifesonSteve HackettJimi HendrixPete TownshendTony IommiJeff BeckRitchie BlackmoreEric ClaptonGeorge HarrisonMike McCreadyJerry CantrellPaul GilbertLifetimeZakk WyldeTom CochranePorcupine Tree3 Doors DownGeddy LeeBlackwater ParkWishbone AshWriting on the Wall

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Alex Lifeson connections

Alex Lifeson grew out of Steve Hackett, Jimi Hendrix, Pete Townshend and Tony Iommi, shares an orbit with Geddy Lee, Blackwater Park, Wishbone Ash and Writing on the Wall, went on to shape Mike McCready, Jerry Cantrell, Paul Gilbert and Lifetime. 27 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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