Young Marble Giants

Welsh post-punk band
Organization musical_group Q2164036
Young Marble Giants
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Young Marble Giants

Summary

Young Marble Giants is a musical group[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (333 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Young Marble Giants's instance of is recorded as musical group[3].
  • Young Marble Giants's genre is punk rock[4].
  • Young Marble Giants's record label is recorded as Domino Recording Company[5].
  • Young Marble Giants's record label is recorded as Rough Trade[6].
  • Young Marble Giants's Commons category is recorded as Young Marble Giants[7].
  • Young Marble Giants's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[8].
  • 1978 marks the founding of Young Marble Giants[9].
  • Young Marble Giants's location of formation is recorded as Cardiff[10].
  • Young Marble Giants's official website is recorded as http://www.youngmarblegiants.com/[11].
  • Young Marble Giants's start of work period is recorded as 1978[12].

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[13]

  • Country: GB[14]

  • Began / founded: 1979-11[15]

  • Genre(s): indie pop, lo-fi, minimal wave, post-punk[16]

  • Community tags: british, diy, indie pop, lo-fi, minimal, minimal wave, post-punk, rough trade, welsh[17]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 3d113367-769f-4200-9ff8-e19d47def451[18]

Body

Founding

1978 marks the founding of Young Marble Giants[9]. Its location of formation is recorded as Cardiff[10].

Why It Matters

Young Marble Giants ranks in the top 6% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (333 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19]

It has been cited as an influence by Tracey Thorn[20], a singer[21], b. 1962[22], of United Kingdom[23], specialised in music composing[24].

FAQs

Who did Young Marble Giants influence?

Young Marble Giants has been cited as an influence by Tracey Thorn[20].

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.

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

  1. [13] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [14] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [15] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [16] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [17] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [18] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [20] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [21] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [22] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [23] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [24] . 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. [19] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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