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Stryper

Heavy metal
Heavy metal

Stryper is a Heavy metal act. Their sound grew out of Mortification, Boston, Cage, Mötley Crüe and Piece of Mind. Those roots explain a lot about how Stryper arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Tesla, Y&T, Great White, Night Ranger and Vinnie Vincent Invasion, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Clint Lowery, Faber Drive, Richard Christy, Armored Saint and Shout, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 26 connections around Stryper, reaching back through Mortification and forward to Clint Lowery. 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
StryperMortificationBostonCageMötley CrüePiece of MindQuiet RiotThe TrooperClint LoweryFaber DriveRichard ChristyArmored SaintShoutOficina G3Bon JoviMarilyn MansonTeslaY&TGreat WhiteNight RangerVinnie Vincent Invas…Quiet RiotPoisonW.A.S.P.

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Stryper connections

Stryper grew out of Mortification, Boston, Cage and Mötley Crüe, shares an orbit with Tesla, Y&T, Great White and Night Ranger, went on to shape Clint Lowery, Faber Drive, Richard Christy and Armored Saint. 26 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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