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Marty Friedman

J-pop
J-popProgressive rock

Marty Friedman is a J-pop and Progressive rock act. Their sound grew out of Akira Takasaki, Steve Hunter, Sayuri Ishikawa, Kiss and Yngwie Malmsteen. Those roots explain a lot about how Marty Friedman arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Vinnie Moore, Steve Vai, Paul Gilbert, Joe Satriani and Andy James, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Aina The End, Nanase Aikawa, C. J. Ramone, Momoiro Clover Z and Kitarō, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 28 connections around Marty Friedman, reaching back through Akira Takasaki and forward to Aina The End. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Marty FriedmanAkira TakasakiSteve HunterSayuri IshikawaKissYngwie MalmsteenMaximum the HormoneSound HorizonAina The EndNanase AikawaC. J. RamoneMomoiro Clover ZKitarōSynyster GatesFrédéric LeclercqGus GVinnie MooreSteve VaiPaul GilbertJoe SatrianiAndy JamesNeal SchonLoudnessSavatage

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Marty Friedman connections

Marty Friedman grew out of Akira Takasaki, Steve Hunter, Sayuri Ishikawa and Kiss, shares an orbit with Vinnie Moore, Steve Vai, Paul Gilbert and Joe Satriani, went on to shape Aina The End, Nanase Aikawa, C. J. Ramone and Momoiro Clover Z. 28 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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Roots7

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