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David Lee Roth

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Rock

David Lee Roth is a Rock act. Their sound grew out of Journey, Frank Sinatra, Carl Wilson, Edgar Winter and Union. Those roots explain a lot about how David Lee Roth arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Sammy Hagar, Extreme, Poison, Tesla and Night Ranger, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Van Halen, Steve Vai, Nile Rodgers, Edgar Winter and John 5, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 47 connections around David Lee Roth, reaching back through Journey and forward to Van Halen. 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
David Lee RothJourneyFrank SinatraCarl WilsonEdgar WinterUnionJohn 5Steve HunterJohn D. LoudermilkVan HalenSteve VaiNile RodgersEdgar WinterJohn 5Vince NeilAlcatrazzSteve HarwellSammy HagarExtremePoisonTeslaNight RangerGreat WhiteWhitesnakeDamn Yankees

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David Lee Roth connections

David Lee Roth grew out of Journey, Frank Sinatra, Carl Wilson and Edgar Winter, shares an orbit with Sammy Hagar, Extreme, Poison and Tesla, went on to shape Van Halen, Steve Vai, Nile Rodgers and Edgar Winter. 47 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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