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garage rock

subgenre of rock and roll music
Intangible music_genre Q211573
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garage rock

Summary

garage rock is a music genre[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of music_genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (996 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • garage rock's instance of is recorded as music genre[3].
  • garage rock's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh2003002063[4].
  • garage rock's subclass of is recorded as rock music[5].
  • garage rock's Commons category is recorded as Garage rock[6].
  • garage rock's country of origin is recorded as United States[7].
  • +1960-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of garage rock[8].
  • garage rock's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0133_p[9].
  • garage rock's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Garage rock[10].
  • garage rock's GTAA ID is recorded as 262921[11].
  • garage rock's GTAA ID is recorded as 262922[12].
  • garage rock's YSO ID is recorded as 1881[13].
  • garage rock's Quora topic ID is recorded as Garage-Rock[14].
  • garage rock's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as garasjerock[15].
  • garage rock's Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms ID is recorded as gf2014026831[16].
  • garage rock's Latvian National Encyclopedia Online ID is recorded as 115336[17].
  • garage rock's MusicBrainz genre ID is recorded as b7bb11c3-bb83-4047-af65-1e8aba89039f[18].
  • garage rock's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007539835805171[19].
  • garage rock's Lex ID is recorded as garagerock[20].
  • garage rock's KBpedia ID is recorded as GarageRock[21].
  • garage rock's Rate Your Music genre ID is recorded as garage-rock[22].
  • garage rock's AllMusic genre/style ID is recorded as ma0000004458[23].
  • garage rock's AllMusic genre/style ID is recorded as ma0000002800[24].
  • garage rock's Discogs style ID is recorded as garage+rock[25].
  • garage rock's Every Noise at Once ID is recorded as garagerock[26].
  • garage rock's WikiKids ID is recorded as Garagerock[27].

Why It Matters

garage rock ranks in the top 5% of music_genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (996 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

It has been cited as an influence by proto-metal[30], a music genre[31], founded in 1966[32].

FAQs

Who did garage rock influence?

garage rock has been cited as an influence by proto-metal[30].

Related Entities

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Rate Your Music. rateyourmusic.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Rate Your Music. rateyourmusic.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . YSO-Wikidata mapping project. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Quora. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . National Library of Israel. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . KBpedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [32] ↑ . 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. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 25d ago · Sldst-bot · 2026-05-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → music genre
    Has characteristic → Q107975727
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/30051|batch #30051]]: formatting following the current schema"
  2. 26d ago · StarTrekker · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → music genre
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P31]]: [[Q107975727]]"
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