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Pat Benatar

Alternative rock
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Pat Benatar is a Alternative rock and Rock act. Their sound grew out of The Young Rascals, Nick Gilder, Giorgio Moroder, Liza Minnelli and Smokie. Those roots explain a lot about how Pat Benatar arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Loverboy, Rick Springfield, Huey Lewis & The News, Eddie Money and John Mellencamp, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Robin Beck, Lisa Marie Presley, RuPaul, Marry the Night and Rykka, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 60 connections around Pat Benatar, reaching back through The Young Rascals and forward to Robin Beck. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Pat BenatarThe Young RascalsNick GilderGiorgio MoroderLiza MinnelliSmokieSweetJohn MellencampAlan ParsonsRobin BeckLisa Marie PresleyRuPaulMarry the NightRykkaAllison IrahetaMichelle VisageHeavy Metal LoverLoverboyRick SpringfieldHuey Lewis & The NewsEddie MoneyJohn MellencampThe J. Geils BandGlass TigerBilly Squier

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Pat Benatar grew out of The Young Rascals, Nick Gilder, Giorgio Moroder and Liza Minnelli, shares an orbit with Loverboy, Rick Springfield, Huey Lewis & The News and Eddie Money, went on to shape Robin Beck, Lisa Marie Presley, RuPaul and Marry the Night. 60 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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