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The Drones

Australian musical group
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The Drones

Summary

The Drones is a musical group[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (283 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Drones received the Australian Music Prize[3].
  • The Drones's instance of is recorded as musical group[4].
  • The Drones's genre is alternative rock[5].
  • The Drones's record label is recorded as ATP Recordings[6].
  • The Drones's discography is recorded as The Drones (Australian band) discography[7].
  • The Drones's Commons category is recorded as The Drones[8].
  • The Drones's country of origin is recorded as Australia[9].
  • 1998 marks the founding of The Drones[10].
  • The Drones's location of formation is recorded as Perth[11].
  • The Drones's official website is recorded as http://thedrones.com.au/[12].
  • The Drones's different from is recorded as The Drones[13].
  • The Drones's start of work period is recorded as 1998[14].
  • The Drones's name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Drones'}[15].

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[16]

  • Country: AU[17]

  • Began / founded: 1997[18]

  • Genre(s): alternative rock, garage punk, garage rock, noise rock, punk blues[19]

  • Community tags: alternative rock, australia, garage punk, garage rock, noise rock, punk blues[20]

  • MusicBrainz ID: ea005ab4-6290-42d7-8980-c038a919d628[21]

Body

Founding

1998 marks the founding of The Drones[10]. Its location of formation is recorded as Perth[11].

Recognition

The Drones received the Australian Music Prize[3].

Why It Matters

The Drones ranks in the top 6% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (283 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22]

FAQs

What awards did The Drones receive?

Honors received include Australian Music Prize[3].

Related Entities

Australia Perth

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . 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.

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

  1. [16] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [19] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [20] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [21] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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