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The Flaming Lips

American rock band
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The Flaming Lips

Summary

The Flaming Lips is a musical group[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,922 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Flaming Lips's instance of is recorded as musical group[3].
  • The Flaming Lips's genre is alternative rock[4].
  • The Flaming Lips's genre is space rock[5].
  • The Flaming Lips's record label is recorded as Warner Bros. Records[6].
  • The Flaming Lips's discography is recorded as The Flaming Lips discography[7].
  • The Flaming Lips's Commons category is recorded as The Flaming Lips[8].
  • The Flaming Lips's country of origin is recorded as United States[9].
  • 1983 marks the founding of The Flaming Lips[10].
  • The Flaming Lips's location of formation is recorded as Oklahoma City[11].
  • The Flaming Lips's official website is recorded as http://www.flaminglips.com[12].
  • The Flaming Lips's topic's main category is recorded as Category:The Flaming Lips[13].
  • The Flaming Lips's nominated for is recorded as Shortlist Music Prize[14].
  • The Flaming Lips's start of work period is recorded as 1983[15].
  • The Flaming Lips's name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Flaming Lips'}[16].
  • The Flaming Lips's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+959322'}[17].
  • The Flaming Lips's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+975099'}[18].
  • The Flaming Lips's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+926891'}[19].
  • The Flaming Lips's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+913927'}[20].

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[21]

  • Country: US[22]

  • Began / founded: 1983[23]

  • Genre(s): alternative rock, experimental rock, indie rock, neo-psychedelia, noise pop, noise rock, psychedelic pop, psychedelic rock[24]

  • Community tags: alternative rock, experimental rock, indie rock, neo-psychedelia, noise pop, noise rock, psychedelic pop, psychedelic rock, psychedelic rock music, rock music[25]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 1f43d76f-8edf-44f6-aaf1-b65f05ad9402[26]

Body

Founding

1983 marks the founding of The Flaming Lips[10]. Its location of formation is recorded as Oklahoma City[11].

Why It Matters

The Flaming Lips ranks in the top 2% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,922 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

Related Entities

United States

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.
  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.

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

  1. [21] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [24] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [25] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [26] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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