Porcupine Tree

British progressive rock band
Organization musical_group Q213923
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Porcupine Tree

Summary

Porcupine Tree is a musical group[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,107 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Porcupine Tree's instance of is recorded as musical group[3].
  • Porcupine Tree's genre is progressive rock[4].
  • Porcupine Tree's genre is psychedelic rock[5].
  • Porcupine Tree's genre is progressive metal[6].
  • Porcupine Tree's record label is recorded as Delerium Records[7].
  • Porcupine Tree's record label is recorded as Atlantic Records[8].
  • Porcupine Tree's discography is recorded as Porcupine Tree discography[9].
  • Porcupine Tree's Commons category is recorded as Porcupine Tree[10].
  • Porcupine Tree's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[11].
  • Porcupine Tree comprises Richard Barbieri[12].
  • Porcupine Tree comprises Colin Edwin[13].
  • Porcupine Tree comprises Gavin Harrison[14].
  • Porcupine Tree comprises Chris Maitland[15].
  • 1987 marks the founding of Porcupine Tree[16].
  • Porcupine Tree's location of formation is recorded as Hemel Hempstead[17].
  • Porcupine Tree's official website is recorded as http://www.porcupinetree.com[18].
  • Porcupine Tree's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Porcupine Tree[19].
  • Porcupine Tree's Commons gallery is recorded as Porcupine Tree[20].
  • Porcupine Tree's topic has template is recorded as Template:Porcupine Tree[21].
  • Porcupine Tree's start of work period is recorded as 1987[22].
  • Porcupine Tree's name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Porcupine Tree'}[23].
  • Porcupine Tree's member category is recorded as Category:Porcupine Tree members[24].
  • Porcupine Tree's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+51800'}[25].
  • Porcupine Tree's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+87379'}[26].
  • Porcupine Tree's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+99400'}[27].

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[28]

  • Country: GB[29]

  • Began / founded: 1987[30]

  • Genre(s): alternative rock, ambient, metal, progressive metal, progressive rock, psychedelic rock, rock, space rock[31]

  • Community tags: alternative rock, ambient, british, metal, new prog, progressive metal, progressive rock, psychedelic rock, rock, space rock, todo, uk, vyrzukhisuc-artiest[32]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 169c4c28-858e-497b-81a4-8bc15e0026ea[33]

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Founding

1987 marks the founding of Porcupine Tree[16]. Its location of formation is recorded as Hemel Hempstead[17].

Why It Matters

Porcupine Tree ranks in the top 2% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,107 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

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] . Metal Evolution. 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] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

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

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

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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