Editing Arthur Brown (musician) (section)

== Musical style and influence ==
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| source = —"The God of Hellfire Speaks: 73 Years Inside the Crazy World of Arthur Brown", [[Vice (magazine)|''Vice'' magazine]], 2013.<ref name="Vice">{{cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/da/article/crazy-world-of-arthur-brown-interview/|title=The God of Hellfire Speaks: 73 Years Inside the Crazy World of Arthur Brown|website=Vice|date=24 June 2015|access-date=18 June 2019}}</ref>
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Brown's music encompasses [[psychedelic soul]],<ref name=Lemay>{{Cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/1114-fire-the-arthur-brown-story/|title=Arthur Brown: Fire: The Arthur Brown Story|website=Pitchfork.com|access-date=17 August 2021 |last=Lemay |first=Matt |date=June 17, 2004}}</ref><ref name=ClassicRock/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.austinchronicle.com/music/2017-02-17/the-crazy-world-of-arthur-brown/|title=The Crazy World of Arthur Brown|website=Austinchronicle.com|date=17 February 2017|access-date=17 August 2021}}</ref> [[British soul|soul]],<ref name=Fordham/> [[British blues|blues]],<ref name=Fordham/> [[British rhythm and blues]],<ref name=ClassicRock>{{Cite web|url=https://www.loudersound.com/reviews/the-crazy-world-of-arthur-brown-album-of-the-week-club-review|title = The Crazy World of Arthur Brown: Album of the Week Club Review|date = 6 November 2018 |publisher=Classic Rock |access-date=2022-09-17}}</ref> [[pop music|pop]],<ref name=ClassicRock/> [[acid rock]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://recordcollectormag.com/reviews/album/galactic-zoo-dossier |title=Galactic Zoo Dossier - Record Collector Magazine |access-date=29 April 2022 }}</ref> [[psychedelia]],<ref name=ClassicRock/> [[psychedelic rock]],<ref name=Lemay/><ref>{{cite book |last= Talevski|first= Nick|date= 2006|title= Rock Obituaries – Knocking On Heaven's Door|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=DykffzkFALoC&dq=The+Crazy+World+of+Arthur+Brown+psychedelic+rock&pg=PA105|publisher= [[Omnibus Press]]|page= 105|isbn= 978-1846090912}}</ref> [[progressive rock]],<ref name=Fordham>{{cite web |url=https://distortedsoundmag.com/album-review-long-long-road-arthur-brown/ |title=ALBUM REVIEW: Long Long Road – Arthur Brown |last=Fordham |first=Tom |date=June 21, 2022 |website= |publisher=Distorted Sound |access-date=2022-09-18 |quote=}}</ref> [[shock rock]]<ref name=Fordham/> and [[experimental music]].<ref name=Lemay/>

Though Brown has had limited commercial success and has never released another recording as commercially successful as "Fire", he has been a significant influence on [[Alice Cooper]],<ref name="edHou">Marshall 2005, pp. 85 and 153.</ref> [[David Bowie]], [[Peter Gabriel]],<ref name="TGQWW">Marshall 2005, p. 175.</ref> [[Marilyn Manson (band)|Marilyn Manson]],<ref name="Vice" /> [[George Clinton (funk musician)|George Clinton]],<ref name="7mU4s">Marshall 2005, p. 172.</ref> [[Kiss (band)|Kiss]], [[King Diamond]], and [[Bruce Dickinson]] of [[Iron Maiden]],<ref name="PMMyS">Marshall 2005, p. 103.</ref> among others, and his songs have been covered or sampled by a range of artists including [[Ozzy Osbourne]], [[Psychic TV]], [[the Prodigy]], Marilyn Manson, [[the Who]] and [[Death Grips]].<ref name="Vice" /><ref name="RS">[https://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/arthur-brown-on-shock-rock-hendrix-close-calls-with-fire-w463039 "Arthur Brown on Shock Rock, Hendrix, Close Calls With Fire"]. ''Rolling Stone''. Retrieved 29 December 2017</ref>

Brown's voice and in particular his high banshee screams, are a precursor to the banshee screaming of many later [[heavy metal music|heavy metal]] singers, and his theatrical concepts and stage presence such as the face makeup, especially his black and white face paint ([[corpse paint]]), voodoo dancing, and flaming helmet pioneered a lot of what was to become [[shock rock]] and [[progressive rock]].<ref name="Vice" /><ref name="RS" /><ref name="EJKAx">{{cite book|last1=Miles|first1=Barry|title=The British Invasion: Arthur Brown|date=2009|publisher=Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.|page=274|isbn=978-1-4027-6976-4|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r8xbaIlrUREC&pg=PA274}}</ref> Alice Cooper stated, "Can you imagine the young Alice Cooper watching that with all his make-up and hellish performance? It was like all my Halloweens came at once!"<ref name="vY72F">{{cite news|title=ALICE COOPER RECRUITS ARTHUR BROWN FOR FIRE-THEMED HALLOWEEN SHOW|url=http://ultimateclassicrock.com/alice-cooper-arthur-brown-halloween-show/|agency=Ultimate Classic Rock|date=29 December 2017}}</ref> [[Deep Purple]] singer [[Ian Gillan]] has said he was inspired by Brown to incorporate screaming into his singing style, stating "He changed my life".<ref>{{Cite web |title=BBC Radio 2 - The Rock Show with Johnnie Walker, My Rock God with Ian Gillan, Ian Gillan: "He changed my life" |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p06cr08k |access-date=2023-07-18 |website=BBC |language=en-GB}}</ref>

Mike Knoop, writing for ''Classic Rock'' magazine, said that Brown's singing style recalls "[[Eric Burdon]], [[Robert Calvert|Bob Calvert]], [[Ian Gillan]], [[Tim Curry]], [[Brian Connolly]], and a smidgen of [[King Diamond]] all coming out of one person."<ref name=ClassicRock/> Brian Carr, another ''Classic Rock'' writer, compared the debut album's music to that of [[Alice Cooper (band)|Alice Cooper]] and [[Frank Zappa]].<ref name=ClassicRock/>

The third and final Kingdom Come album, ''[[Journey (Kingdom Come album)|Journey]]'' (1973), is noteworthy for being one of the first rock albums to feature a [[drum machine]], especially on the track "Time Captives".<ref name="Marshall-121" />