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Steve Hillage

Progressive rock
Progressive rock

Steve Hillage is a Progressive rock act. Their sound grew out of Utopia, Electric Light Orchestra, The Orb, Ozric Tentacles and Hawkwind. Those roots explain a lot about how Steve Hillage arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Gong, Hatfield and the North, Soft Machine, National Health and Matching Mole, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Andy Anderson, Simple Minds, Murray Head, Cock Robin and Tony Banks, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 45 connections around Steve Hillage, reaching back through Utopia and forward to Andy Anderson. 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
Steve HillageUtopiaElectric Light Orche…The OrbOzric TentaclesHawkwindElton JohnClive BunkerIt's All Too MuchAndy AndersonSimple MindsMurray HeadCock RobinTony BanksThe CharlatansRachid TahaKhaledGongHatfield and the NorthSoft MachineNational HealthMatching MoleSteve HackettAmon Düül IIEloy

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Steve Hillage connections

Steve Hillage grew out of Utopia, Electric Light Orchestra, The Orb and Ozric Tentacles, shares an orbit with Gong, Hatfield and the North, Soft Machine and National Health, went on to shape Andy Anderson, Simple Minds, Murray Head and Cock Robin. 45 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

Who influenced Steve Hillage

Roots16

Sounds and acts that shaped Steve Hillage.

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Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with Steve Hillage.

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