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Roger Glover

Progressive rock
Progressive rock

Roger Glover is a Progressive rock act. Their sound grew out of Martin Birch and John Lennon. Those roots explain a lot about how Roger Glover arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Ian Gillan, Rainbow, Deep Purple, UFO and Blue Öyster Cult, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Tony Ashton, Ian Gillan, Ian Paice, Rupert Hine and Les Binks, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 38 connections around Roger Glover, reaching back through Martin Birch and forward to Tony Ashton. 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
Roger GloverMartin BirchJohn LennonTony AshtonIan GillanIan PaiceRupert HineLes BinksJudas PriestNazarethStatus QuoIan GillanRainbowDeep PurpleUFOBlue Öyster CultFreeDavid CoverdaleJon Lord

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Roger Glover connections

Roger Glover grew out of Martin Birch and John Lennon, shares an orbit with Ian Gillan, Rainbow, Deep Purple and UFO, went on to shape Tony Ashton, Ian Gillan, Ian Paice and Rupert Hine. 38 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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