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The Call

American rock band
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The Call

Summary

The Call is a musical group[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (707 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Call's instance of is recorded as musical group[3].
  • The Call's genre is new wave[4].
  • The Call's record label is recorded as MCA Records[5].
  • The Call's country of origin is recorded as United States[6].
  • The Call comprises Michael Been[7].
  • 1980 marks the founding of The Call[8].
  • The Call's location of formation is recorded as Santa Cruz[9].
  • The Call's official website is recorded as http://www.the-call-band.com/[10].
  • The Call's different from is recorded as The Call[11].
  • The Call's start of work period is recorded as 1980[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: US[14]

  • Began / founded: 1980[15]

  • Ended / dissolved: 2000[16]

  • Genre(s): rock[17]

  • Community tags: 2008 universal fire victim, rock[18]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 38633e0c-1296-49f5-bacc-2e80ae1e18c4[19]

Body

Founding

1980 marks the founding of The Call[8]. Its location of formation is recorded as Santa Cruz[9].

Why It Matters

The Call ranks in the top 5% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (707 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20]

It has been cited as an influence by Lifehouse[21], a rock band[22], founded in 1999[23].

FAQs

Who did The Call influence?

The Call has been cited as an influence by Lifehouse[21].

Related Entities

United States

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.

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.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [22] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [23] ↑ . 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. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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