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Utopia is a Bollywood act. Their sound grew out of The Move, The Beatles and Led Zeppelin. Those roots explain a lot about how Utopia arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Klaatu, Genesis, Wishbone Ash and Focus, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Steve Hillage, Stacey Q, Kairon; IRSE!, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts and Scandal, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 23 connections around Utopia, reaching back through The Move and forward to Steve Hillage. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Utopia connections
Utopia grew out of The Move, The Beatles and Led Zeppelin, shares an orbit with Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Klaatu, Genesis and Wishbone Ash, went on to shape Steve Hillage, Stacey Q, Kairon; IRSE! and Joan Jett and the Blackhearts. 23 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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