Free

English rock band
MusicGroup rock_band Q45650
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Free

Summary

Free is a rock band[1]. Free ranks in the top 8% of rock_band entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,396 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Free's instance of is recorded as rock band[3].
  • Free's genre is hard rock[4].
  • Free's record label is recorded as Island Records[5].
  • Free's record label is recorded as A&M Records[6].
  • Free's discography is recorded as Free discography[7].
  • Free's Commons category is recorded as Free (band)[8].
  • Free's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[9].
  • 1972 marks the founding of Free[10].
  • Free's location of formation is recorded as London[11].
  • Free's official website is recorded as http://www.freetheband.co.uk[12].
  • Free's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Free (band)[13].
  • Free's topic has template is recorded as Q22889261[14].
  • Free's topic has template is recorded as Template:Free (band)[15].
  • Free's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'Free'}[16].
  • Free's different from is recorded as The Free[17].
  • Free's start of work period is recorded as 1973[18].
  • Free's end of work period is recorded as 1973[19].
  • Free's member category is recorded as Category:Free (band) members[20].
  • Free's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+47500'}[21].
  • Free's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+58700'}[22].
  • Free's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+74600'}[23].
  • Free's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+82600'}[24].
  • Free's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+90900'}[25].
  • Free's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+100000'}[26].

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[27]

  • Country: GB[28]

  • Began / founded: 1968[29]

  • Ended / dissolved: 1973[30]

  • Genre(s): blues rock, hard rock, rock, roots rock[31]

  • Community tags: blues rock, british, hard rock, rock, roots rock[32]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 6cb5d1ca-03ce-4656-92f5-bf35f53d1582[33]

Why It Matters

Free ranks in the top 8% of rock_band entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,396 views/month).[2] Free has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34]

Free has been cited as an influence by Lenny Kravitz[35], a singer[36], b. 1964[37], of United States[38], awarded the Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres[39]; Guns N' Roses[40], a musical group[41], founded in 1985[42]; Rush[43], a musical group[44], founded in 1968[45]; Kiss[46], a musical group[47], founded in 1973[48]; and Tonic[49], a rock band[50], founded in 1993[51].

FAQs

Who did Free influence?

Free has been cited as an influence by Lenny Kravitz[35], Guns N' Roses[40], Rush[43], and Kiss[46].

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.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [27] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [28] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [29] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [30] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [31] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [32] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  7. [33] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [35] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [40] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [43] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [46] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [49] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [41] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [42] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [44] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [45] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [47] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [48] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [50] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [51] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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