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Captain Beyond is a Progressive rock and Psychedelic rock act. Their sound grew out of Purple Passages, Iron Butterfly, Deep Purple and Johnny Winter. Those roots explain a lot about how Captain Beyond arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Bang, Mountain, Wishbone Ash, UFO and James Gang, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Pentagram, Joe Hasselvander, The Flirts and Monster Magnet, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 20 connections around Captain Beyond, reaching back through Purple Passages and forward to Pentagram. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Captain Beyond connections
Captain Beyond grew out of Purple Passages, Iron Butterfly, Deep Purple and Johnny Winter, shares an orbit with Bang, Mountain, Wishbone Ash and UFO, went on to shape Pentagram, Joe Hasselvander, The Flirts and Monster Magnet. 20 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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