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Iron Butterfly

Psychedelic rock
Psychedelic rock

Iron Butterfly is a Psychedelic rock act. Their sound grew out of Sugarloaf, REO Speedwagon, Strawberry Alarm Clock and The Music Machine. Those roots explain a lot about how Iron Butterfly arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Cream, Humble Pie, Jefferson Airplane, Ten Years After and The Yardbirds, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Rush, Deep Purple, Yes, Steppenwolf and Captain Beyond, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 36 connections around Iron Butterfly, reaching back through Sugarloaf and forward to Rush. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Iron ButterflySugarloafREO SpeedwagonStrawberry Alarm ClockThe Music MachineRushDeep PurpleYesSteppenwolfCaptain BeyondMagic!Atco RecordsAlcatrazzCreamHumble PieJefferson AirplaneTen Years AfterThe YardbirdsThe Amboy DukesTrafficUltimate Spinach

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Iron Butterfly connections

Iron Butterfly grew out of Sugarloaf, REO Speedwagon, Strawberry Alarm Clock and The Music Machine, shares an orbit with Cream, Humble Pie, Jefferson Airplane and Ten Years After, went on to shape Rush, Deep Purple, Yes and Steppenwolf. 36 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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