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indie rock

genre of rock music, subgenre of alternative rock
Intangible music_genre Q183504
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Indie rock is a music genre[1].

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: alternative rock[3], independent music[4]
  • Commons category: Indie rock[5]
  • Country of origin: United States[6], United Kingdom[7], Europe[8]
  • Inception: 1981[9]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Indie rock[10]
  • Native label: Indie rock[11]

Why It Matters

indie rock has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] It is known by 73 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Rate Your Music. rateyourmusic.com. Provenance: 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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 22w 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. 22w ago · StarTrekker · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → music genre
    Subclass of → alternative rock, independent music
    Inception → +1981-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Instance of → —
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Instance of: rock genre"
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