Superluminal Pachyderm has a variety of musical influences. Although many of the artists and groups mentioned below don't show obvious influences in Superluminal Pachyderm's music, they nonetheless have provided inspiration for SP's creations and ideas.
The list below is in alphabetical order. We leave it to the critics to determine which of these are spurious selections and which ones are the strongest influences.
Anekdoten
Arena
Asgard
Ayreon
Banco del Mutuo Soccorso
Syd Barrett
Beardfish
The Beatles
Birds and Buildings
Birth Control
Cairo
Camel
Citizen Cain
Deadwood Forest
Devil Doll
Discord Aggregate
Thomas Dolby
Druid
Egdon Heath
Electric Light Orchestra
Eloy
The Fixx
The Flower Kings
Focus
Genesis
Gentle Giant
Kevin Gilbert
Glass Hammer
Gnidrolog
Gong
Grandaddy
Greenslade
Grobschnitt
Steve Hillage
IQ
IZZ
Jethro Tull
Koenjihyakkei
King Crimson
Kultivator
Landberk
Little Atlas
Magellan
Magenta
Marillion
Milo Black
Nexus
Le Orme
The Othello Syndrome
Ozric Tentacles
Pallas
Alan Parsons Project
Pink Floyd
Planet P Project
Porcupine Tree
Premiata Forneria Marconi
Renaissance
Runaway Totem
Rush
Saga
Sebastian Hardie
Social Tension
Solaris
Spock's Beard
Talking Heads
The Tangent
Thinking Plague
Transatlantic
Triumvirat
The Underground Railroad
Van der Graaf Generator
Vangelis
Scott Walker
Wobbler
Richard Wright
Robert Wyatt
Weird Al Yankovic
Yes
Yezda Urfa
Frank Zappa
Zaragon