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The 4-Skins

British Oi! band
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The 4-Skins

Summary

The 4-Skins is a musical group[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (499 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The 4-Skins's instance of is recorded as musical group[3].
  • The 4-Skins's genre is punk rock[4].
  • The 4-Skins's genre is oi![5].
  • The 4-Skins's Commons category is recorded as 4-Skins[6].
  • The 4-Skins's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[7].
  • The 4-Skins comprises Hoxton Tom McCourt[8].
  • 1979 marks the founding of The 4-Skins[9].
  • The 4-Skins's location of formation is recorded as East End of London[10].
  • The 4-Skins's start of work period is recorded as 1979[11].
  • The 4-Skins's name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The 4-Skins'}[12].

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[13]

  • Country: GB[14]

  • Began / founded: 1979[15]

  • Ended / dissolved: 1984[16]

  • Genre(s): oi, punk, punk rock[17]

  • Community tags: oi, oi!, punk, punk rock[18]

  • MusicBrainz ID: ee846a6c-f354-4286-a898-b4fbabdcaf5e[19]

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Founding

1979 marks the founding of The 4-Skins[9]. Its location of formation is recorded as East End of London[10].

Why It Matters

The 4-Skins ranks in the top 6% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (499 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] It is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

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] ↑ . 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.

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

  1. [13] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [16] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [17] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [18] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  7. [19] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). The 4-Skins. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/the-4-skins
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  1. 4w ago · ZI Jony · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Facebook page id → The-4-Skins/146803058682510
    Country of origin → —
    Start of work period → +1979-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Country of origin → United Kingdom
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P4003]]: The-4-Skins/146803058682510, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/257116|batch #257116]]"
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