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Van der Graaf Generator is a Progressive rock act. Their sound grew out of Rare Bird, Barclay James Harvest, The Nice, Cream and Jimi Hendrix. Those roots explain a lot about how Van der Graaf Generator arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Camel, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, King Crimson, Genesis and Soft Machine, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Marc Almond, Metropolis, Genesis, Caravan and Bruce Dickinson, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 35 connections around Van der Graaf Generator, reaching back through Rare Bird and forward to Marc Almond. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Van der Graaf Generator connections
Van der Graaf Generator grew out of Rare Bird, Barclay James Harvest, The Nice and Cream, shares an orbit with Camel, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, King Crimson and Genesis, went on to shape Marc Almond, Metropolis, Genesis and Caravan. 35 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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