Wax

British musical duo formed in Manchester
Organization musical_duo Q1969654
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Wax

Summary

Wax is a musical duo[1]. Wax draws 396 Wikipedia views per month (musical_duo category, ranking #205 of 787).[2]

Key Facts

  • Wax's instance of is recorded as musical duo[3].
  • Wax's genre is new wave[4].
  • Wax's record label is recorded as RCA[5].
  • Wax's discography is recorded as Wax (UK duo) discography[6].
  • Wax's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[7].
  • Wax comprises Andrew Gold[8].
  • Wax comprises Graham Gouldman[9].
  • 1983 marks the founding of Wax[10].
  • Wax's location of formation is recorded as Manchester[11].
  • Wax's different from is recorded as Wax[12].
  • Wax's start of work period is recorded as 1983[13].
  • Wax's name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Wax'}[14].

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[15]

  • Country: GB[16]

  • Began / founded: 1985[17]

  • Ended / dissolved: 1988[18]

  • Genre(s): pop, pop rock, rock[19]

  • Community tags: 80s, classic pop and rock, male vocalists, pop, pop rock, rock[20]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 549e1b66-0898-49f1-bf5c-0c7195a08fbe[21]

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Founding

1983 marks the founding of Wax[10]. Wax's location of formation is recorded as Manchester[11].

Why It Matters

Wax draws 396 Wikipedia views per month (musical_duo category, ranking #205 of 787).[2] Wax has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] Wax is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

Wax has been cited as an influence by Weezer[24], a rock band[25], founded in 1992[26].

FAQs

Who did Wax influence?

Wax has been cited as an influence by Weezer[24].

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] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [15] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [16] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [17] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [18] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [19] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [20] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  7. [21] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [24] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [26] . 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. [22] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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