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The Gladiators

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Reggae

The Gladiators is a Reggae act. Their sound grew out of The Wailers, Lloyd Parks, Leroy Wallace, The Ethiopians and Leroy Sibbles. Those roots explain a lot about how The Gladiators arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Jacob Miller, Wailing Souls, Gregory Isaacs, Steel Pulse and Pablo Moses, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Burning Spear, Bunny Wailer, The Ethiopians, Mighty Diamonds and Aswad, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 36 connections around The Gladiators, reaching back through The Wailers and forward to Burning Spear. 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
The GladiatorsThe WailersLloyd ParksLeroy WallaceThe EthiopiansLeroy SibblesDon CarlosThe CablesBurning SpearBunny WailerThe EthiopiansMighty DiamondsAswadThe ExpandersNicky ThomasU-RoyJacob MillerWailing SoulsGregory IsaacsSteel PulsePablo MosesDennis BrownIjahman LeviBlack Roots

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The Gladiators connections

The Gladiators grew out of The Wailers, Lloyd Parks, Leroy Wallace and The Ethiopians, shares an orbit with Jacob Miller, Wailing Souls, Gregory Isaacs and Steel Pulse, went on to shape Burning Spear, Bunny Wailer, The Ethiopians and Mighty Diamonds. 36 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

Who influenced The Gladiators

Roots7

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