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The Ex

Dutch band
Organization musical_group Q2142713
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The Ex

Summary

The Ex is a musical group[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (594 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Ex received the Popprijs[3].
  • The Ex's instance of is recorded as musical group[4].
  • The Ex's genre is art rock[5].
  • The Ex's record label is recorded as Alternative Tentacles[6].
  • The Ex's record label is recorded as Touch and Go Records[7].
  • The Ex's discography is recorded as The Ex discography[8].
  • The Ex's Commons category is recorded as The Ex (band)[9].
  • The Ex's country of origin is recorded as Netherlands[10].
  • 1979 marks the founding of The Ex[11].
  • The Ex's location of formation is recorded as Amsterdam[12].
  • The Ex's official website is recorded as http://www.theex.nl/[13].
  • The Ex's start of work period is recorded as 1979[14].
  • The Ex's name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Ex'}[15].

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[16]

  • Country: NL[17]

  • Began / founded: 1979[18]

  • Genre(s): anarcho-punk, art punk, ethio-jazz, experimental rock, noise rock, post-punk, punk rock[19]

  • Community tags: anarcho-punk, art punk, dutch post-punk, ethio-jazz, experimental rock, noise rock, post-punk, punk jazz, punk rock[20]

  • MusicBrainz ID: ea19687e-8d08-4abe-901e-3135269e4f74[21]

Body

Founding

1979 marks the founding of The Ex[11]. Its location of formation is recorded as Amsterdam[12].

Recognition

The Ex received the Popprijs[3].

Why It Matters

The Ex ranks in the top 6% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (594 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

FAQs

What awards did The Ex receive?

Honors received include Popprijs[3].

Related Entities

Netherlands

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . 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] ↑ . musik-sammler.de. musik-sammler.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [16] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [19] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [20] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [21] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

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. 24d ago · Lmerice · 2026-05-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Inception → +1979-00-00T00:00:00Z
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    Location of formation → Amsterdam
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