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W.A.S.P. is a Heavy metal act. Their sound grew out of Black Sabbath, Accept, Metal Church, Mötley Crüe and Steppenwolf. Those roots explain a lot about how W.A.S.P. arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Dokken, Manowar, Quiet Riot, Savatage and Great White, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Red Hot Chili Peppers, Great White, Five Finger Death Punch, Accept and Fozzy, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 49 connections around W.A.S.P., reaching back through Black Sabbath and forward to Red Hot Chili Peppers. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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W.A.S.P. connections
W.A.S.P. grew out of Black Sabbath, Accept, Metal Church and Mötley Crüe, shares an orbit with Dokken, Manowar, Quiet Riot and Savatage, went on to shape Red Hot Chili Peppers, Great White, Five Finger Death Punch and Accept. 49 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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