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Felt

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Felt

Summary

Felt is a musical group[1]. Felt ranks in the top 6% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,429 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Felt's instance of is recorded as musical group[3].
  • Felt's genre is alternative rock[4].
  • Felt's genre is new wave[5].
  • Felt's record label is recorded as Cherry Red[6].
  • Felt's record label is recorded as Creation Records[7].
  • Felt's Commons category is recorded as Felt (Band)[8].
  • Felt's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[9].
  • Felt comprises Lawrence Hayward[10].
  • January 1, 1979 marks the founding of Felt[11].
  • Felt's location of formation is recorded as Birmingham[12].
  • Felt's different from is recorded as Felt[13].
  • Felt's start of work period is recorded as 1979[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: 1979[17]

  • Ended / dissolved: 1989[18]

  • Genre(s): ambient pop, dream pop, indie pop, jangle pop, jazz, lounge, post-punk, post-rock[19]

  • Community tags: ambient pop, birmingham, british, cherry red, creation records, diy, dream pop, indie pop, jangle pop, jazz, lounge, post-punk, post-rock[20]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 6999f790-25f4-44a3-b745-1e3e01fde0f5[21]

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Founding

January 1, 1979 marks the founding of Felt[11]. Felt's location of formation is recorded as Birmingham[12].

Why It Matters

Felt ranks in the top 6% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,429 views/month).[2] Felt has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] Felt is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

Felt has been cited as an influence by Manic Street Preachers[24], a musical group[25], founded in 1986[26].

FAQs

Who did Felt influence?

Felt has been cited as an influence by Manic Street Preachers[24].

Related Entities

Manic Street Preachers United Kingdom

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.
  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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  1. 9d ago · Printstream · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → Felt
    Inception → —
    Country of origin → United Kingdom
    Wikipedia languages → ['commons', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fr', 'it', 'ja', 'nl', 'pl', 'pt', 'ru', 'sv']
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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