The Troggs

English rock band
Organization musical_group Q943253
The Troggs
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The Troggs

Summary

The Troggs is a musical group[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,646 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Troggs's instance of is recorded as musical group[3].
  • The Troggs's genre is rock music[4].
  • The Troggs's record label is recorded as Fontana Records[5].
  • The Troggs's record label is recorded as Atco Records[6].
  • The Troggs's discography is recorded as The Troggs discography[7].
  • The Troggs's Commons category is recorded as The Troggs[8].
  • The Troggs's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[9].
  • The Troggs comprises Reg Presley[10].
  • January 1, 1964 marks the founding of The Troggs[11].
  • The Troggs's location of formation is recorded as Andover[12].
  • The Troggs's official website is recorded as http://www.my-generation.org.uk/Troggs/[13].
  • The Troggs's topic's main category is recorded as Category:The Troggs[14].
  • The Troggs's topic has template is recorded as Template:The Troggs[15].
  • The Troggs's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Troggs'}[16].
  • The Troggs's start of work period is recorded as 1964[17].
  • The Troggs's name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Troggs'}[18].
  • The Troggs's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Arthur Freedman Collection Project[19].
  • The Troggs's member category is recorded as Category:The Troggs members[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: GB[22]

  • Began / founded: 1964[23]

  • Ended / dissolved: 2012-01[24]

  • Genre(s): freakbeat, garage rock, pop rock, proto-punk, rock[25]

  • Community tags: freakbeat, garage rock, pop rock, proto-punk, rock, rock music[26]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 4aec87a5-f33e-4bd6-89f2-0c96188c8372[27]

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Founding

January 1, 1964 marks the founding of The Troggs[11]. Its location of formation is recorded as Andover[12].

Why It Matters

The Troggs ranks in the top 3% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,646 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

It has been cited as an influence by R.E.M.[30], a rock band[31], founded in 1980[32]; Ramones[33], a musical group[34], founded in 1974[35]; and The Stooges[36], a musical group[37], founded in 1967[38].

FAQs

Who did The Troggs influence?

The Troggs has been cited as an influence by R.E.M.[30], Ramones[33], and The Stooges[36].

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] . Retrieved . 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.
  7. [27] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [30] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [33] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [36] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [38] . 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. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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