Bad Company

Summary

Bad Company is a musical group^[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,192 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Bad Company's instance of is recorded as musical group^[3].
• Bad Company's genre is blues rock^[4].
• Bad Company's genre is hard rock^[5].
• Bad Company's record label is recorded as Island Records^[6].
• Bad Company's record label is recorded as Atco Records^[7].
• Bad Company's record label is recorded as Atlantic Records^[8].
• Bad Company's discography is recorded as Bad Company discography^[9].
• Bad Company's Commons category is recorded as Bad Company^[10].
• Bad Company's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom^[11].
• 1973 marks the founding of Bad Company^[12].
• Bad Company's location of formation is recorded as Westminster^[13].
• Bad Company's official website is recorded as https://www.badcompany.com^[14].
• Bad Company's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Bad Company^[15].
• Bad Company's nominated for is recorded as Grammy Award for Best New Artist^[16].
• Bad Company's topic has template is recorded as Template:Bad Company^[17].
• Bad Company's has characteristic is recorded as supergroup^[18].
• Bad Company's has characteristic is recorded as rock band^[19].
• Bad Company's different from is recorded as Bad Company^[20].
• Bad Company's start of work period is recorded as 1973^[21].
• Bad Company's has list is recorded as list of band members of Bad Company^[22].
• Bad Company's name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Bad Company'}^[23].
• Bad Company's member category is recorded as Category:Bad Company members^[24].
• Bad Company's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+40947'}^[25].
• Bad Company's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+84200'}^[26].
• Bad Company's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+42141'}^[27].

Product Details

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• Type: Group^[28]

• Country: GB^[29]

• Began / founded: 1973^[30]

• Ended / dissolved: 2023^[31]

• Genre(s): aor, blues rock, classic rock, hard rock, rock^[32]

• Community tags: aor, blues rock, classic rock, hard rock, rock^[33]

• MusicBrainz ID: 0053dbd9-bfbc-4e38-9f08-66a27d914c38^[34]

Body

Founding

1973 marks the founding of Bad Company^[12]. Its location of formation is recorded as Westminster^[13].

Why It Matters

Bad Company ranks in the top 1% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,192 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[35] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[36]

It has been cited as an influence by Van Halen^[37], a musical group^[38], founded in 1972^[39].

FAQs

Who did Bad Company influence?

Bad Company has been cited as an influence by Van Halen^[37].