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art rock

subgenre of rock music
Intangible music_genre Q217467
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Art rock is a music genre[1][2].

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: rock music[3]
  • Commons category: Art rock[4]
  • Country of origin: United Kingdom[5]
  • Inception: January 1, 1968[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Art rock[7]
  • Partially coincident with: experimental rock[8]
  • Has characteristic: rock genre[9]
  • Native label: Art Rock[10]
  • Different from: rock art[11]

Why It Matters

art rock has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] It is known by 36 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Rate Your Music. rateyourmusic.com. Provenance: 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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 23w ago · Sldst-bot · 2026-05-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → music genre
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/30051|batch #30051]]: formatting following the current schema"
  2. 23w ago · StarTrekker · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country of origin → United Kingdom
    Instance of → music genre
    Partially coincident with → experimental rock
    Topic's main category → Category:Art rock
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Instance of: rock genre"
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