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REO Speedwagon is a Rock act. Their sound grew out of Terry Reid, Player, The Smashing Pumpkins, Adrian Gurvitz and Don Felder. Those roots explain a lot about how REO Speedwagon arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Journey, Boston, Billy Squier, Eddie Money and Night Ranger, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Richard Marx, UFO, The Night Flight Orchestra, Gary Moore and Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 55 connections around REO Speedwagon, reaching back through Terry Reid and forward to Richard Marx. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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REO Speedwagon connections
REO Speedwagon grew out of Terry Reid, Player, The Smashing Pumpkins and Adrian Gurvitz, shares an orbit with Journey, Boston, Billy Squier and Eddie Money, went on to shape Richard Marx, UFO, The Night Flight Orchestra and Gary Moore. 55 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced REO Speedwagon
Sounds and acts that shaped REO Speedwagon.
Artists similar to REO Speedwagon
Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with REO Speedwagon.
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