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Progressive rock
Progressive rock

UK is a Progressive rock act. Their sound grew out of Gong, King Crimson, Family, Yes and Roxy Music. Those roots explain a lot about how UK arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Emerson, Lake & Palmer, King Crimson, Genesis, Focus and Tony Banks, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Aina The End, Asia and Jethro Tull, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 27 connections around UK, reaching back through Gong and forward to Aina The End. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

U.K. were a British progressive rock supergroup originally active from 1977 to 1980. The band was founded by bass guitarist John Wetton and drummer Bill Bruford, formerly the rhythm section of King Crimson. The band was rounded out by violinist/keyboardist Eddie Jobson, and guitarist Allan Holdsworth. Bruford and Holdsworth left in 1978, and Bruford was replaced by drummer Terry Bozzio. Jobson, Wetton and Bozzio reformed U.K. for a world tour in 2012.

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UKGongKing CrimsonFamilyYesRoxy MusicUriah HeepRick WakemanSoft MachineAina The EndAsiaJethro TullEmerson, Lake & PalmerKing CrimsonGenesisFocusTony BanksCamelNational HealthGong

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UK connections

UK grew out of Gong, King Crimson, Family and Yes, shares an orbit with Emerson, Lake & Palmer, King Crimson, Genesis and Focus, went on to shape Aina The End, Asia and Jethro Tull. 27 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

Who influenced UK

Roots9

Sounds and acts that shaped UK.

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Kindred15

Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with UK.

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Legacy3

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