Altered Images

early 1980s Scottish new wave/post-punk band
MusicGroup rock_band Q438314
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Altered Images

Summary

Altered Images is a rock band[1]. It draws 712 Wikipedia views per month (rock_band category, ranking #239 of 861).[2]

Key Facts

  • Altered Images's instance of is recorded as rock band[3].
  • Altered Images's genre is new wave[4].
  • Altered Images's record label is recorded as Epic Records[5].
  • Altered Images's Commons category is recorded as Altered Images[6].
  • Altered Images's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[7].
  • Altered Images comprises Clare Grogan[8].
  • Altered Images comprises Johnny McElhone[9].
  • 1979 marks the founding of Altered Images[10].
  • Altered Images's location of formation is recorded as Glasgow[11].
  • Altered Images's start of work period is recorded as 1979[12].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Group[13]

  • Country: GB[14]

  • Began / founded: 1979[15]

  • Ended / dissolved: 1983[16]

  • Genre(s): jangle pop, new wave, post-punk, sophisti-pop, twee pop[17]

  • Community tags: jangle pop, new wave, new wave pop, post-punk, scottish new wave, sophisti-pop, synthpop, twee pop[18]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 318d3337-7ca5-49af-aa94-d95934717858[19]

Why It Matters

Altered Images draws 712 Wikipedia views per month (rock_band category, ranking #239 of 861).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [13] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [14] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [15] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [16] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [17] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [18] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  7. [19] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Altered Images. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/altered-images
MLA “Altered Images.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/altered-images.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_altered-images_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Altered Images}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/altered-images}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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