Quicksand

American post-hardcore band
Organization musical_group Q728559
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Quicksand

Summary

Quicksand is a musical group[1]. Quicksand ranks in the top 4% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,348 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Quicksand's instance of is recorded as musical group[3].
  • Quicksand's genre is post-hardcore[4].
  • Quicksand's genre is alternative metal[5].
  • Quicksand's record label is recorded as Island Records[6].
  • Quicksand's record label is recorded as IL[7].
  • Quicksand's Commons category is recorded as Quicksand (band)[8].
  • Quicksand's country of origin is recorded as United States[9].
  • Quicksand comprises Walter Schreifels[10].
  • 1990 marks the founding of Quicksand[11].
  • Quicksand's location of formation is recorded as New York City[12].
  • Quicksand's official website is recorded as http://quicksandnyc.com[13].
  • Quicksand's instrument is recorded as guitar[14].
  • Quicksand's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Quicksand'}[15].
  • Quicksand's different from is recorded as Quicksand[16].
  • Quicksand's start of work period is recorded as 1990[17].
  • Quicksand's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+5780'}[18].
  • Quicksand's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+6550'}[19].
  • Quicksand's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+7940'}[20].
  • Quicksand's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+9120'}[21].
  • Quicksand's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+10000'}[22].
  • Quicksand's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+11200'}[23].

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[24]

  • Country: US[25]

  • Began / founded: 1990[26]

  • Genre(s): alternative metal, alternative rock, post-hardcore[27]

  • Community tags: alternative metal, alternative rock, post-hardcore[28]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 3c9f8bef-a658-4204-9ee8-7e95d2535b32[29]

Body

Founding

1990 marks the founding of Quicksand[11]. Quicksand's location of formation is recorded as New York City[12].

Identity

Quicksand's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Quicksand'}[15].

Why It Matters

Quicksand ranks in the top 4% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,348 views/month).[2] Quicksand has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30]

Quicksand has been cited as an influence by Deftones[31], a rock band[32], founded in 1988[33].

FAQs

Who did Quicksand influence?

Quicksand has been cited as an influence by Deftones[31].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

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.
  13. [15] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [24] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [25] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [26] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [27] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [28] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [29] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [31] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [33] . 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. [30] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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