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The Rakes

British band that plays indie rock
Organization musical_group Q1762436
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The Rakes

Summary

The Rakes is a musical group[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (109 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Rakes's instance of is recorded as musical group[3].
  • The Rakes's genre is indie rock[4].
  • The Rakes's record label is recorded as V2 Records[5].
  • The Rakes's discography is recorded as The Rakes discography[6].
  • The Rakes's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[7].
  • 2004 marks the founding of The Rakes[8].
  • The Rakes's location of formation is recorded as London[9].
  • The Rakes's official website is recorded as http://www.therakes.co.uk[10].
  • The Rakes's start of work period is recorded as 2003[11].

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[12]

  • Country: GB[13]

  • Began / founded: 2002[14]

  • Ended / dissolved: 2009-10-22[15]

  • Community tags: rock and indie[16]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 8e05a404-3f8d-4b0a-9fc2-b7ab821b75f0[17]

Body

Founding

2004 marks the founding of The Rakes[8]. Its location of formation is recorded as London[9].

Why It Matters

The Rakes ranks in the top 7% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (109 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

Related Entities

London 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.

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

  1. [12] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [15] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [16] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [17] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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