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Ian Gillan

Progressive rock
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Ian Gillan is a Progressive rock and Rock act. Their sound grew out of Black Sabbath, Elvis Presley, Arthur Brown, Roger Glover and Barclay James Harvest. Those roots explain a lot about how Ian Gillan arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Rainbow, Whitesnake, UFO, Jon Lord and Ken Hensley, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Jubileum Volume II, In Memory of Quorthon, Giorgia Gueglio, Bruce Dickinson and Ronnie James Dio, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 35 connections around Ian Gillan, reaching back through Black Sabbath and forward to Jubileum Volume II. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Ian GillanBlack SabbathElvis PresleyArthur BrownRoger GloverBarclay James HarvestJubileum Volume IIIn Memory of QuorthonGiorgia GueglioBruce DickinsonRonnie James DioDavid CoverdaleBathoryNo Prayer for the Dy…RainbowWhitesnakeUFOJon LordKen HensleyDavid CoverdaleTony IommiThunder

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Ian Gillan connections

Ian Gillan grew out of Black Sabbath, Elvis Presley, Arthur Brown and Roger Glover, shares an orbit with Rainbow, Whitesnake, UFO and Jon Lord, went on to shape Jubileum Volume II, In Memory of Quorthon, Giorgia Gueglio and Bruce Dickinson. 35 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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