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Marillion

British progressive rock band
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Marillion

Summary

Marillion is a musical group[1]. Marillion ranks in the top 2% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,637 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Marillion was influenced by Pink Floyd[3].
  • Marillion's instance of is recorded as musical group[4].
  • Marillion's genre is progressive rock[5].
  • Marillion's genre is art rock[6].
  • Marillion's genre is neo-prog[7].
  • The Silmarillion is named after Marillion[8].
  • Marillion's record label is recorded as EMI Records[9].
  • Marillion's record label is recorded as Capitol Records[10].
  • Marillion's record label is recorded as Castle Communications[11].
  • Marillion's record label is recorded as I.R.S. Records[12].
  • Marillion's record label is recorded as Caroline Records[13].
  • Marillion's record label is recorded as Sanctuary Records[14].
  • Marillion's record label is recorded as Pony Canyon[15].
  • Marillion's record label is recorded as Edel Records[16].
  • Marillion's record label is recorded as Liberty Records[17].
  • Marillion's discography is recorded as Marillion discography[18].
  • Marillion's Commons category is recorded as Marillion[19].
  • Marillion's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[20].
  • Marillion comprises Steve Hogarth[21].
  • Marillion comprises Fish[22].
  • Marillion comprises Steve Rothery[23].
  • Marillion comprises Mark Kelly[24].
  • Marillion comprises Pete Trewavas[25].
  • Marillion comprises Ian Mosley[26].
  • 1979 marks the founding of Marillion[27].

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[28]

  • Country: GB[29]

  • Began / founded: 1979[30]

  • Genre(s): acoustic rock, alternative rock, art rock, neo-progressive rock, pop rock, progressive pop, progressive rock, rock[31]

  • Community tags: acoustic rock, alternative rock, art rock, british, neo-prog, neo-progressive rock, pop rock, progressive pop, progressive rock, rock, rock and indie, vyrzukhisuc-artiest[32]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 1932f5b6-0b7b-4050-b1df-833ca89e5f44[33]

Body

Founding

1979 marks the founding of Marillion[27]. Marillion's location of formation is recorded as Aylesbury[34].

Why It Matters

Marillion ranks in the top 2% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,637 views/month).[2] Marillion has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35]

Related Entities

Capitol Records Pony Canyon The Silmarillion United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  13. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  15. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [3] ↑ . en.wikipedia.org. en.wikipedia.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [31] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [32] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [33] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [35] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 25d ago · Ytterbyz · 2026-05-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Record label → EMI Records, Capitol Records, Castle Communications +6
    Social media followers → {'amount': '+66500'}, {'amount': '+41009'}, {'amount': '+79300'} +5
    Topic's main category → Category:Marillion
    Country of origin → United Kingdom
    + 26 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P6927]]: marillion, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/214800455|marillion (#214800455)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7190|NME artist]] #mix'n'"
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