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Can

German experimental rock band
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Can

Summary

Can is a musical group[1]. Can has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Can received the Echo Pop Honorary Award[3].
  • Can received the Qwartz Electronic Music Awards[4].
  • Can's instance of is recorded as musical group[5].
  • Can's genre is progressive rock[6].
  • Can's genre is Krautrock[7].
  • Can's genre is art rock[8].
  • Can's record label is recorded as Liberty Records[9].
  • Can's discography is recorded as Can discography[10].
  • Can's Commons category is recorded as Can (band)[11].
  • Can's country of origin is recorded as Germany[12].
  • January 1, 1968 marks the founding of Can[13].
  • Can's location of formation is recorded as Cologne[14].
  • Can's official website is recorded as http://www.spoonrecords.com/[15].
  • Can's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Can (band)[16].
  • Can's topic has template is recorded as Template:Can (band)[17].
  • Can's different from is recorded as Can[18].
  • Can's start of work period is recorded as 1968[19].
  • Can's name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Can'}[20].
  • Can's significant person is recorded as Jaki Liebezeit[21].
  • Can's significant person is recorded as Michael Karoli[22].
  • Can's significant person is recorded as Irmin Schmidt[23].
  • Can's significant person is recorded as Holger Czukay[24].
  • Can's significant person is recorded as Malcolm Mooney[25].
  • Can's significant person is recorded as David C. Johnson[26].
  • Can's significant person is recorded as Damo Suzuki[27].

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Founding

January 1, 1968 marks the founding of Can[13]. Can's location of formation is recorded as Cologne[14].

Recognition

Awards received include Echo Pop Honorary Award[3] and Qwartz Electronic Music Awards[4], a music award[28], in France[29], founded in 2005[30].

Why It Matters

Can has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] Can is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

Can has been cited as an influence by Joy Division[32], a musical group[33], founded in 1976[34] and Stereolab[35], a musical group[36], founded in 1990[37].

FAQs

What awards did Can receive?

Honors received include Echo Pop Honorary Award[3] and Qwartz Electronic Music Awards[4].

Who did Can influence?

Can has been cited as an influence by Joy Division[32] and Stereolab[35].

Related Entities

Germany Joy Division

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . musik-sammler.de. musik-sammler.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [34] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [36] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [37] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [31] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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