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Mötley Crüe is a Heavy metal act. Their sound grew out of Led Zeppelin, David Bowie, The Rolling Stones, Black Sabbath and Sex Pistols. Those roots explain a lot about how Mötley Crüe arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Poison, Quiet Riot, Def Leppard, Great White and Tesla, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Skid Row, Bowling for Soup, Tobias Forge, Bleed American and Steve Asheim, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 105 connections around Mötley Crüe, reaching back through Led Zeppelin and forward to Skid Row. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Mötley Crüe connections
Mötley Crüe grew out of Led Zeppelin, David Bowie, The Rolling Stones and Black Sabbath, shares an orbit with Poison, Quiet Riot, Def Leppard and Great White, went on to shape Skid Row, Bowling for Soup, Tobias Forge and Bleed American. 105 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced Mötley Crüe
Sounds and acts that shaped Mötley Crüe.
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