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Gentle Giant is a Progressive rock act. Their sound grew out of Elton John, The Beatles, Syd Barrett, Black Sabbath and The Who. Those roots explain a lot about how Gentle Giant arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Emerson, Lake & Palmer, King Crimson, Camel, Jethro Tull and Genesis, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Rush, Tony Visconti, The Flower Kings, Banco del Mutuo Soccorso and Angine de Poitrine, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 31 connections around Gentle Giant, reaching back through Elton John and forward to Rush. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Gentle Giant connections
Gentle Giant grew out of Elton John, The Beatles, Syd Barrett and Black Sabbath, shares an orbit with Emerson, Lake & Palmer, King Crimson, Camel and Jethro Tull, went on to shape Rush, Tony Visconti, The Flower Kings and Banco del Mutuo Soccorso. 31 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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