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Geezer Butler

Heavy metal
Heavy metal

Geezer Butler is a Heavy metal act. Their sound grew out of The Beatles, The Kinks, Cream, Jimi Hendrix and John Lennon. Those roots explain a lot about how Geezer Butler arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Tony Iommi, G//Z/R, Diamond Head, Rainbow and Probot, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Paulo Jr., Joey Vera, Marko Hietala, Harley Flanagan and Darryl Jenifer, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 35 connections around Geezer Butler, reaching back through The Beatles and forward to Paulo Jr.. 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
Geezer ButlerThe BeatlesThe KinksCreamJimi HendrixJohn LennonLeslie WestPaulo Jr.Joey VeraMarko HietalaHarley FlanaganDarryl JeniferJohn MyungJason NewstedSteve HarrisTony IommiG//Z/RDiamond HeadRainbowProbotBill WardIced EarthCorrosion of Conform…

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Geezer Butler connections

Geezer Butler grew out of The Beatles, The Kinks, Cream and Jimi Hendrix, shares an orbit with Tony Iommi, G//Z/R, Diamond Head and Rainbow, went on to shape Paulo Jr., Joey Vera, Marko Hietala and Harley Flanagan. 35 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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