Infographic - British Rock Connections

A first draft of my project to explore the links between (largely) British rock and pop artists of the 1960s-1980s.

Please feel free to suggest corrections or additions.

I've included artists who were full members of two or more bands and not just session musicians or those who guested on particular tracks or albums or played live. Some links may be missed by human error or running out of space. I've tried to focus on the most significant bands in British Rock.

The Bands and artists include:

• The Beatles
• Traveling Wilburys
• ELO
• The Move
• Wizzard
• John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers
• Fleetwood Mac
• Shotgun Express
• Wings
• Black Sabbath
• Ginger Baker's Airforce
• Blind Faith
• Mody Blues
• Traffic
• Cream
• The Yardbirds
• Led Zeppelin
• Faces
• Small Faces
• Rolling Stones
• Deep Purple
• Jethro Tull
• Rainbow
• John Lennon
• Paul McCartney
• George Harrison
• Jeff Lynne
• Roy Wood
• Peter Green
• Mick Fleetwood
• John McVie
• David Coverdale
• Tony Iommi
• Cozy Powell
• Ritchie Blackamore
• Denny Laine
• Eric Clapton
• Jimmy Page
• Chris Wood
• Steve Winwood
• Rod Stewart
• Ronnie Wood
• Mick Taylor

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