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Skids

Scottish punk rock band
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Skids

Summary

Skids is a musical group[1]. Skids ranks in the top 5% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (913 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Skids's instance of is recorded as musical group[3].
  • Skids's genre is punk rock[4].
  • Skids's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[5].
  • Skids comprises Stuart Adamson[6].
  • 1977 marks the founding of Skids[7].
  • Skids's location of formation is recorded as Dunfermline[8].
  • Skids's official website is recorded as http://www.theskids.com[9].
  • Skids's start of work period is recorded as 1977[10].

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Founding

1977 marks the founding of Skids[7]. Skids's location of formation is recorded as Dunfermline[8].

Why It Matters

Skids ranks in the top 5% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (913 views/month).[2] Skids has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11]

Skids has been cited as an influence by Manic Street Preachers[12], a musical group[13], founded in 1986[14].

FAQs

Who did Skids influence?

Skids has been cited as an influence by Manic Street Preachers[12].

Related Entities

Dunfermline Manic Street Preachers United Kingdom

References

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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.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [13] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [14] ↑ . 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. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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