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Tony Iommi

Heavy metal
Heavy metal

Tony Iommi is a Heavy metal act. Their sound grew out of John Tempesta, Daniel Pemberton, Glenn Hughes, The Shadows and Django Reinhardt. Those roots explain a lot about how Tony Iommi arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Rainbow, Ian Gillan, Alcatrazz, Bill Ward and Badlands, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Matt Pike, Under a Pale Grey Sky, Kerry King, Skin and Ningen Isu, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 44 connections around Tony Iommi, reaching back through John Tempesta and forward to Matt Pike. 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
Tony IommiJohn TempestaDaniel PembertonGlenn HughesThe ShadowsDjango ReinhardtIan AndersonThe Freddie Mercury …Matt PikeUnder a Pale Grey SkyKerry KingSkinNingen IsuJerry CantrellPaul GilbertJudas PriestRainbowIan GillanAlcatrazzBill WardBadlandsThe Dead DaisiesDiamond HeadWhitesnake

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Tony Iommi connections

Tony Iommi grew out of John Tempesta, Daniel Pemberton, Glenn Hughes and The Shadows, shares an orbit with Rainbow, Ian Gillan, Alcatrazz and Bill Ward, went on to shape Matt Pike, Under a Pale Grey Sky, Kerry King and Skin. 44 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

Who influenced Tony Iommi

Roots7

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