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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 Maximum the Hormone, Sound Horizon, Akira Takasaki, Steve Hunter and Sayuri Ishikawa. Those roots explain a lot about how Marty Friedman arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Vinnie Moore, Paul Gilbert, Joe Satriani, Savatage and Alcatrazz, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Aina The End, Synyster Gates, Frédéric Leclercq, Gus G and Nanase Aikawa, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 23 connections around Marty Friedman, reaching back through Maximum the Hormone 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 FriedmanMaximum the HormoneSound HorizonAkira TakasakiSteve HunterSayuri IshikawaKissYngwie MalmsteenAina The EndSynyster GatesFrédéric LeclercqGus GNanase AikawaC. J. RamoneMomoiro Clover ZKitarōVinnie MoorePaul GilbertJoe SatrianiSavatageAlcatrazzDiamond HeadJeff BeckSteve Lukather

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Marty Friedman connections

Marty Friedman grew out of Maximum the Hormone, Sound Horizon, Akira Takasaki and Steve Hunter, shares an orbit with Vinnie Moore, Paul Gilbert, Joe Satriani and Savatage, went on to shape Aina The End, Synyster Gates, Frédéric Leclercq and Gus G. 23 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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