Can

Summary

Can is a musical group^[1]. Can ranks in the top 2% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,111 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Can received the Echo Pop Honorary Award^[3].
• Can received the Qwartz Electronic Music Awards^[4].
• Can's instance of is recorded as musical group^[5].
• Can's genre is progressive rock^[6].
• Can's genre is Krautrock^[7].
• Can's genre is art rock^[8].
• Can's record label is recorded as Liberty Records^[9].
• Can's discography is recorded as Can discography^[10].
• Can's Commons category is recorded as Can (band)^[11].
• Can's country of origin is recorded as Germany^[12].
• January 1, 1968 marks the founding of Can^[13].
• Can's location of formation is recorded as Cologne^[14].
• Can's official website is recorded as http://www.spoonrecords.com/^[15].
• Can's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Can (band)^[16].
• Can's topic has template is recorded as Template:Can (band)^[17].
• Can's different from is recorded as Can^[18].
• Can's start of work period is recorded as 1968^[19].
• Can's name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Can'}^[20].
• Can's significant person is recorded as Jaki Liebezeit^[21].
• Can's significant person is recorded as Michael Karoli^[22].
• Can's significant person is recorded as Irmin Schmidt^[23].
• Can's significant person is recorded as Holger Czukay^[24].
• Can's significant person is recorded as Malcolm Mooney^[25].
• Can's significant person is recorded as David C. Johnson^[26].
• Can's significant person is recorded as Damo Suzuki^[27].

Product Details

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• Type: Group^[28]

• Country: DE^[29]

• Began / founded: 1968^[30]

• Ended / dissolved: 1991^[31]

• Genre(s): avant-garde, experimental rock, funk rock, krautrock, psychedelic rock^[32]

• Community tags: avant-garde, experimental rock, funk rock, german, krautrock, progressive rock music, psychedelic rock, psychedelic rock music^[33]

• MusicBrainz ID: 13501c7d-d181-45ba-af52-5f101d8516a0^[34]

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Founding

January 1, 1968 marks the founding of Can^[13]. Can's location of formation is recorded as Cologne^[14].

Recognition

Awards received include Echo Pop Honorary Award^[3] and Qwartz Electronic Music Awards^[4], a music award^[35], in France^[36], founded in 2005^[37].

Why It Matters

Can ranks in the top 2% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,111 views/month).^[2] Can has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[38] Can is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[39]

Can has been cited as an influence by Joy Division^[40], a musical group^[41], founded in 1976^[42] and Stereolab^[43], a musical group^[44], founded in 1990^[45].

FAQs

What awards did Can receive?

Honors received include Echo Pop Honorary Award^[3] and Qwartz Electronic Music Awards^[4].

Who did Can influence?

Can has been cited as an influence by Joy Division^[40] and Stereolab^[43].