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Alternative TV

British punk rock band
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Alternative TV

Summary

Alternative TV is a musical group[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (222 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Alternative TV's instance of is recorded as musical group[3].
  • Alternative TV's genre is punk rock[4].
  • Alternative TV's record label is recorded as I.R.S. Records[5].
  • Alternative TV's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[6].
  • Alternative TV comprises Alex Fergusson[7].
  • 1977 marks the founding of Alternative TV[8].
  • Alternative TV's official website is recorded as http://www.markperryatv.com/[9].
  • Alternative TV's start of work period is recorded as 1976[10].

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[11]

  • Country: GB[12]

  • Began / founded: 1976[13]

  • Ended / dissolved: 1998[14]

  • Genre(s): art punk, experimental, new wave, post-punk, punk, punk rock, reggae[15]

  • Community tags: art punk, british, classic pop and rock, experimental, new wave, post-punk, punk, punk rock, reggae[16]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 9d0bc0f2-a4d9-4eb6-89d4-a25c066f1f7e[17]

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Founding

1977 marks the founding of Alternative TV[8].

Why It Matters

Alternative TV ranks in the top 6% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (222 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18]

Related Entities

United Kingdom

References

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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.

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

  1. [11] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [14] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [15] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [16] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  7. [17] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_alternative-tv_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Alternative TV}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/alternative-tv}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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