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Marillion is a Progressive rock act. Their sound grew out of Pink Floyd, Steve Hackett, Genesis, Bryan Ferry and Sting. Those roots explain a lot about how Marillion arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Fish, Genesis, The Flower Kings, Peter Gabriel and Tony Banks, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into The Darkness, Pendragon, Arena, Ian Matthews and Mariusz Duda, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 36 connections around Marillion, reaching back through Pink Floyd and forward to The Darkness. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Marillion connections
Marillion grew out of Pink Floyd, Steve Hackett, Genesis and Bryan Ferry, shares an orbit with Fish, Genesis, The Flower Kings and Peter Gabriel, went on to shape The Darkness, Pendragon, Arena and Ian Matthews. 36 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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