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Brian May

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Brian May is a Alternative rock and Progressive rock act. Their catalogue also touches Rock. Their sound grew out of Steve Hackett, Joe Cocker, Guns N' Roses, Zucchero and Rory Gallagher. Those roots explain a lot about how Brian May arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Roger Taylor, The Cross, Sammy Hagar, Meat Loaf and Whitesnake, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Thom Yorke, Kris Allen, Pat Smear, Richie Faulkner and Dweezil Zappa, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 47 connections around Brian May, reaching back through Steve Hackett and forward to Thom Yorke. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Brian MaySteve HackettJoe CockerGuns N' RosesZuccheroRory GallagherDjivan GasparyanDon AireyMike RutherfordThom YorkeKris AllenPat SmearRichie FaulknerDweezil ZappaElectric SixJamie LenmanThe DarknessRoger TaylorThe CrossSammy HagarMeat LoafWhitesnakeRobert PlantRainbowThunder

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Brian May connections

Brian May grew out of Steve Hackett, Joe Cocker, Guns N' Roses and Zucchero, shares an orbit with Roger Taylor, The Cross, Sammy Hagar and Meat Loaf, went on to shape Thom Yorke, Kris Allen, Pat Smear and Richie Faulkner. 47 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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