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Matchbox

English rockabilly band
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Matchbox

Summary

Matchbox is a musical group[1]. Matchbox ranks in the top 6% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (228 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Matchbox's instance of is recorded as musical group[3].
  • Matchbox's genre is rockabilly[4].
  • Matchbox's record label is recorded as Magnet[5].
  • Matchbox's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[6].
  • 1971 marks the founding of Matchbox[7].
  • Matchbox's official website is recorded as http://www.rockabillyrebel.co.uk/[8].
  • Matchbox's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Matchbox'}[9].
  • Matchbox's different from is recorded as Matchbox[10].
  • Matchbox's start of work period is recorded as 1971[11].

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[12]

  • Country: GB[13]

  • Began / founded: 1971[14]

  • Genre(s): rockabilly[15]

  • Community tags: rock & roll, rockabilly, uk rockabilly[16]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 06a93515-1590-4d15-b3f9-50c8cadd9bda[17]

Body

Founding

1971 marks the founding of Matchbox[7].

Identity

Matchbox's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Matchbox'}[9].

Why It Matters

Matchbox ranks in the top 6% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (228 views/month).[2] Matchbox has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18]

Related Entities

United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [12] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [15] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [16] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [17] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_matchbox-q1049726_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Matchbox}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/matchbox-q1049726}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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