Modern English

English New Wave band
Organization musical_group Q1691644
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Modern English

Summary

Modern English is a musical group[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,027 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Modern English's instance of is recorded as musical group[3].
  • Modern English's genre is new wave[4].
  • Modern English's genre is post-punk[5].
  • Modern English's record label is recorded as 4AD[6].
  • Modern English's discography is recorded as Modern English discography[7].
  • Modern English's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[8].
  • Modern English comprises Richard Brown[9].
  • Modern English comprises Michael Conroy[10].
  • Modern English comprises Robbie Grey[11].
  • Modern English comprises Gary McDowell[12].
  • Modern English comprises Stephen Walker[13].
  • 1979 marks the founding of Modern English[14].
  • Modern English's location of formation is recorded as Colchester[15].
  • Modern English's official website is recorded as http://www.modernenglish.me/[16].
  • Modern English's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Modern English'}[17].
  • Modern English's start of work period is recorded as 1979[18].
  • Modern English's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+7644'}[19].
  • Modern English's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+7525'}[20].

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[21]

  • Country: GB[22]

  • Began / founded: 1979[23]

  • Genre(s): alternative rock, new wave, pop rock, post-punk[24]

  • Community tags: alternative rock, new wave, pop rock, post-punk[25]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 78605d0c-7454-456d-934c-51eb46122566[26]

Body

Founding

1979 marks the founding of Modern English[14]. Its location of formation is recorded as Colchester[15].

Identity

Modern English's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'it'}[17].

Why It Matters

Modern English ranks in the top 5% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,027 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

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.

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

  1. [21] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [22] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [23] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [24] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [25] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [26] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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