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Andy LaRocque

Heavy metal
Heavy metal

Andy LaRocque is a Heavy metal act. Their sound grew out of Randy Rhoads, Steve Vai, Tony Iommi and Chuck Schuldiner. Those roots explain a lot about how Andy LaRocque arrange songs and choose their tones. Their influence carried into At the Gates, Dimmu Borgir, Evergrey, Yyrkoon and Melechesh, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 12 connections around Andy LaRocque, reaching back through Randy Rhoads and forward to At the Gates. 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
Andy LaRocqueRandy RhoadsSteve VaiTony IommiChuck SchuldinerAt the GatesDimmu BorgirEvergreyYyrkoonMelecheshWitcherySnowy ShawShining

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Andy LaRocque connections

Andy LaRocque grew out of Randy Rhoads, Steve Vai, Tony Iommi and Chuck Schuldiner, went on to shape At the Gates, Dimmu Borgir, Evergrey and Yyrkoon. 12 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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