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Franz Ferdinand

Scottish rock band from Glasgow
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Summary

Franz Ferdinand is a musical group[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of musical group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (14,889 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Genre: punk rock[3], indie rock[4]
  • Named after: Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria[5]
  • Record label: Domino Recording Company[6]
  • Discography: Franz Ferdinand discography[7]
  • Commons category: Franz Ferdinand (musical group)[8]
  • Country of origin: United Kingdom[9]
  • Has part(s): Alex Kapranos[10], Robert Hardy[11], Dino Bardot[12], Miaoux Miaoux[13], Audrey Tait[14]
  • Inception: 2002[15]
  • Location of formation: Glasgow[16]
  • Official website: https://franzferdinand.com/[17]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Franz Ferdinand (band)[18]
  • Commons gallery: Franz Ferdinand (musical group)[19]
  • Nominated for: Shortlist Music Prize[20]
  • Topic has template: Template:Franz Ferdinand[21]
  • Official name: Franz Ferdinand[22]
  • Start of work period: 2002[23]
  • Member category: Category:Franz Ferdinand (band) members[24]

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[25]

  • Country: GB[26]

  • Began / founded: 2001[27]

  • Genre(s): alternative dance, alternative rock, art rock, dance-punk, dance-rock, indie pop, indie rock, indietronica, new wave, pop, post-punk, post-punk revival[28]

  • Community tags: alternative dance, alternative rock, art rock, british, dance-punk, dance-rock, indie pop, indie rock, indietronica, new wave, pop, post-punk, post-punk revival, scottish[29]

  • MusicBrainz ID: aa7a2827-f74b-473c-bd79-03d065835cf7[30]

Why It Matters

Franz Ferdinand has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

Related Entities

Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [25] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [26] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [27] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [28] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [29] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [30] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Inception → +2002-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Genre → punk rock, indie rock
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