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IQ

British neo-progressive rock band
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IQ

Summary

IQ is a musical group[1]. IQ ranks in the top 6% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (478 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • IQ's instance of is recorded as musical group[3].
  • IQ's genre is progressive rock[4].
  • IQ's genre is neo-prog[5].
  • IQ's record label is recorded as Vertigo Records[6].
  • IQ's record label is recorded as Giant Electric Pea[7].
  • IQ's Commons category is recorded as IQ (band)[8].
  • IQ's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[9].
  • IQ comprises Martin Orford[10].
  • 1981 marks the founding of IQ[11].
  • IQ's location of formation is recorded as Southampton[12].
  • IQ's official website is recorded as http://www.iq-hq.co.uk/[13].
  • IQ's start of work period is recorded as 1980[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: 1981[17]

  • Genre(s): neo-progressive rock, progressive rock[18]

  • Community tags: british, english, neo-prog, neo-progressive rock, progressive rock, uk[19]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 9a5cf59b-5da0-4021-b885-b6b78dd6886e[20]

Body

Founding

1981 marks the founding of IQ[11]. IQ's location of formation is recorded as Southampton[12].

Why It Matters

IQ ranks in the top 6% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (478 views/month).[2] IQ has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21]

Related Entities

United Kingdom Vertigo Records

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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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