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Klaatu

Progressive rock
Progressive rock

Klaatu is a Progressive rock act. Their sound grew out of Wendy Carlos, The Beatles, Queen, 10cc and The Moody Blues. Those roots explain a lot about how Klaatu arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Supertramp, Wings, Badfinger, Emerson, Lake & Palmer and Camel, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Prism, The Carpenters and The Age of Plastic, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 24 connections around Klaatu, reaching back through Wendy Carlos and forward to Prism. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

Klaatu was a Canadian rock group formed in 1973 by the duo of John Woloschuk and Dee Long. They named themselves after an ambassador, Klaatu, from an extraterrestrial confederation who visits Earth with his companion robot Gort in the film The Day the Earth Stood Still. After recording two non-charting singles, the band added drummer Terry Draper to the line-up; this trio constituted Klaatu throughout the rest of the band's recording career.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
KlaatuWendy CarlosThe BeatlesQueen10ccThe Moody BluesElectric Light Orche…PrismThe CarpentersThe Age of PlasticSupertrampWingsBadfingerEmerson, Lake & PalmerCamelThe Moody BluesFocusGenesis

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Klaatu connections

Klaatu grew out of Wendy Carlos, The Beatles, Queen and 10cc, shares an orbit with Supertramp, Wings, Badfinger and Emerson, Lake & Palmer, went on to shape Prism, The Carpenters and The Age of Plastic. 24 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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