◇ image via WikipediaHighway Star
Highway Star is a Heavy metal act. Their sound grew out of Deep Purple. Those roots explain a lot about how Highway Star arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Low Rider, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Stiff Little Fingers, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 3 connections around Highway Star, reaching back through Deep Purple and forward to Stiff Little Fingers. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Highway Star grew out of Deep Purple, shares an orbit with Low Rider, went on to shape Stiff Little Fingers. 3 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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