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Paul Di'Anno

Heavy metal
Heavy metal

Paul Di'Anno is a Heavy metal act. Their sound grew out of The Kinks, Queensrÿche, Doug Sampson, Blaze Bayley and Symphony of Destruction. Those roots explain a lot about how Paul Di'Anno arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Killers, W.A.S.P., Diamond Head, Alcatrazz and Primal Fear, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Iron Maiden, Dragony, Thomas Tofthagen and Praying Mantis, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 22 connections around Paul Di'Anno, reaching back through The Kinks and forward to Iron Maiden. 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
Paul Di'AnnoThe KinksQueensrÿcheDoug SampsonBlaze BayleySymphony of Destruct…Nikolay KorshunovArve IsdalJourneyIron MaidenDragonyThomas TofthagenPraying MantisKillersW.A.S.P.Diamond HeadAlcatrazzPrimal FearAngel WitchIced EarthDee Snider

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Paul Di'Anno connections

Paul Di'Anno grew out of The Kinks, Queensrÿche, Doug Sampson and Blaze Bayley, shares an orbit with Killers, W.A.S.P., Diamond Head and Alcatrazz, went on to shape Iron Maiden, Dragony, Thomas Tofthagen and Praying Mantis. 22 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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