◇ image via WikipediaThe Vampire Lestat
The Vampire Lestat is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Jim Morrison. Those roots explain a lot about how The Vampire Lestat arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Gerard Way, Panic! at the Disco, Stephen Trask, Johnny Hooker and Jack Off Jill, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Gabrielle, Bernie Taupin and Elton John, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 17 connections around The Vampire Lestat, reaching back through Jim Morrison and forward to Gabrielle. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
The Vampire Lestat (1985) is a vampire novel by American writer Anne Rice, the second in her Vampire Chronicles, following Interview with the Vampire (1976). The story is told from the point of view of the vampire Lestat de Lioncourt, while Interview is narrated by Louis de Pointe du Lac.
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The Vampire Lestat connections
The Vampire Lestat grew out of Jim Morrison, shares an orbit with Gerard Way, Panic! at the Disco, Stephen Trask and Johnny Hooker, went on to shape Gabrielle, Bernie Taupin and Elton John. 17 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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