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Spinal Tap

Heavy metal
Heavy metal

Spinal Tap is a Heavy metal act. Their sound grew out of The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert for AIDS Awareness, Dweezil Zappa, Loudon Wainwright III, Iron Butterfly and Atomic Rooster. Those roots explain a lot about how Spinal Tap arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Sammy Hagar, Quiet Riot, Ace Frehley, Y&T and Whitesnake, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Massacration, Debbi Peterson, Micky Dolenz, Mick Fleetwood and Ronnie James Dio, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 32 connections around Spinal Tap, reaching back through The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert for AIDS Awareness and forward to Massacration. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

Spinal Tap are a parody English heavy metal band created by the American comedians and musicians Michael McKean, Christopher Guest and Harry Shearer. McKean plays the singer, lead bass, and guitarist David St. Hubbins, Guest plays the guitarist Nigel Tufnel, and Shearer plays the bassist Derek Smalls. They are characterized as "one of England's loudest bands".

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Spinal TapThe Freddie Mercury …Dweezil ZappaLoudon Wainwright IIIIron ButterflyAtomic RoosterRare BirdDavid MansfieldMassacrationDebbi PetersonMicky DolenzMick FleetwoodRonnie James DioJoe SatrianiAnimal BoySammy HagarQuiet RiotAce FrehleyY&TWhitesnakeTed NugentAlcatrazzTesla

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Spinal Tap connections

Spinal Tap grew out of The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert for AIDS Awareness, Dweezil Zappa, Loudon Wainwright III and Iron Butterfly, shares an orbit with Sammy Hagar, Quiet Riot, Ace Frehley and Y&T, went on to shape Massacration, Debbi Peterson, Micky Dolenz and Mick Fleetwood. 32 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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Roots7

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