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Nazareth is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of The Band, Extreme, Bonnie Dobson, The Beatles and The Rolling Stones. Those roots explain a lot about how Nazareth arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Slade, Rainbow, UFO, Sweet and Whitesnake, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Guns N' Roses, UFO, Zemfira, Automatic for the People and Jimi Jamison, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 42 connections around Nazareth, reaching back through The Band and forward to Guns N' Roses. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Nazareth are a Scottish hard rock band formed in Dunfermline in 1968 that had many hit singles and albums in Canada, the United Kingdom, and a number of other European countries beginning in the early 1970s. The breadth of their popularity expanded internationally, including in the United States, with their 1975 album Hair of the Dog, which featured their hits "Hair of the Dog" and a cover of the ballad "Love Hurts". They have continued to record and tour internationally for more than 50 years.
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Nazareth connections
Nazareth grew out of The Band, Extreme, Bonnie Dobson and The Beatles, shares an orbit with Slade, Rainbow, UFO and Sweet, went on to shape Guns N' Roses, UFO, Zemfira and Automatic for the People. 42 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced Nazareth
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