Elastica

British rock band
Organization musical_group Q1060797
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Elastica

Summary

Elastica is a musical group[1]. Elastica ranks in the top 4% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,318 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Elastica's instance of is recorded as musical group[3].
  • Elastica's genre is alternative rock[4].
  • Elastica's genre is punk rock[5].
  • Elastica's genre is indie rock[6].
  • Elastica's genre is post-punk[7].
  • Elastica's genre is new wave of new wave[8].
  • Elastica's record label is recorded as Atlantic Records[9].
  • Elastica's record label is recorded as Deceptive Records[10].
  • Elastica's record label is recorded as Geffen Records[11].
  • Elastica's record label is recorded as Wichita Recordings[12].
  • Elastica's discography is recorded as Elastica discography[13].
  • Elastica's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[14].
  • 1992 marks the founding of Elastica[15].
  • Elastica's location of formation is recorded as London[16].
  • Elastica's nominated for is recorded as Brit Award for British Breakthrough Act[17].
  • Elastica's start of work period is recorded as 1992[18].
  • Elastica's name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Elastica'}[19].
  • Elastica's member category is recorded as Category:Elastica 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: 1992-10[23]

  • Ended / dissolved: 2001-09[24]

  • Genre(s): alternative rock, britpop, indie rock, pop punk[25]

  • Community tags: alternative rock, britpop, indie rock, pop punk[26]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 46693641-1e2e-4aae-80ed-6b28170de63a[27]

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Founding

1992 marks the founding of Elastica[15]. Elastica's location of formation is recorded as London[16].

Why It Matters

Elastica ranks in the top 4% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,318 views/month).[2] Elastica has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . ents24.com. ents24.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . rollingstone.com. rollingstone.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . gemm.com. gemm.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . mp3hugger.com. mp3hugger.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . hypem.com. hypem.com. Provenance: 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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 25d ago · Ytterbyz · 2026-05-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Nme artist id elastica
    Genre
    Record label Atlantic Records, Deceptive Records, Geffen Records +1
    Location of formation London
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P6927]]: elastica, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/214807335|elastica (#214807335)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7190|NME artist]] #mix'n'ma"
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