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Greg Lake

Progressive rock
Progressive rock

Greg Lake is a Progressive rock act. Their sound grew out of Manticore Records, Little Richard, Niccolò Paganini and The Shadows. Those roots explain a lot about how Greg Lake arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Emerson, Lake & Palmer, The Nice, Steve Hackett, Mud and Genesis, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Gary Moore, The Nice, Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Pino Palladino and The Who, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 32 connections around Greg Lake, reaching back through Manticore Records and forward to Gary Moore. 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
Greg LakeManticore RecordsLittle RichardNiccolò PaganiniThe ShadowsGary MooreThe NiceTrans-Siberian Orche…Pino PalladinoThe WhoJohn WettonQueenEmerson, Lake & PalmerThe NiceSteve HackettMudGenesisAnderson Bruford Wak…FocusTony Banks

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Greg Lake connections

Greg Lake grew out of Manticore Records, Little Richard, Niccolò Paganini and The Shadows, shares an orbit with Emerson, Lake & Palmer, The Nice, Steve Hackett and Mud, went on to shape Gary Moore, The Nice, Trans-Siberian Orchestra and Pino Palladino. 32 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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