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Loop (band)

Loop are an English rock band, formed in 1986 by Robert Hampson in Croydon. The group topped the UK independent charts with their albums Fade Out (1989) and A Gilded Eternity (1990). Their dissonant "trance-rock" sound drew on the work of artists like the Stooges and Can, and helped to resurrect the concept of space rock in the late 1980s. The group split in 1991, with Hampson going on to form the experimental project Main with guitarist Scott Dawson, and Mackay and Wills forming The Hair and Skin Trading Company. In 2013, the 1989–90 line-up of Hampson, Dawson, John Wills, and Neil Mackay briefly reformed for a series of gigs, and the following year Hampson unveiled a new line-up of the band with himself as the sole original member.

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Loop are an English rock band, formed in 1986 by Robert Hampson in Croydon. The group topped the UK independent charts with their albums Fade Out (1989) and A Gilded Eternity (1990). Their dissonant "trance-rock" sound drew on the work of artists like the Stooges and Can, and helped to resurrect the concept of space rock in the late 1980s. The group split in 1991, with Hampson going on to form the experimental project Main with guitarist Scott Dawson, and Mackay and Wills forming The Hair and Skin Trading Company. In 2013, the 1989–90 line-up of Hampson, Dawson, John Wills, and Neil Mackay briefly reformed for a series of gigs, and the following year Hampson unveiled a new line-up of the band with himself as the sole original member.

Key claims

  1. date of formation: 1986 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  2. date of formation: 1986 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  3. release date: 1995 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  4. release date: 1992 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  5. release date: 2008 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  6. release date: 2015-06-22 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  7. release date: 2022-03-25 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the date of formation is "1986". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. The record states that the date of formation is "1986". What evidence would count against this claim?
  4. The record states that the release date is "1995". What evidence would count against this claim?
  5. The record states that the release date is "1992". What evidence would count against this claim?
  6. The record states that the release date is "2008". What evidence would count against this claim?
  7. The record states that the release date is "2015-06-22". What evidence would count against this claim?
  8. The record states that the release date is "2022-03-25". What evidence would count against this claim?
  9. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  10. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1345013614

Key claims and bibliography are generated from the same tracked claims and sources as the article page.