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Moonshake

Moonshake were a British-based experimental rock band, existing between 1991 and 1997. The only consistent member was singer, sampler player and occasional guitarist David Callahan, who initially co-led the project with Margaret Fiedler. Fiedler and bass player John Frenett left Moonshake in 1993 to form the more commercially successful Laika. The band was notable for its extensive use of textures and sampler technology in a rock context. In his 1996 article on Krautrock and its influences, Simon Reynolds described Moonshake as being among the "post-rock groove collectives".

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Moonshake were a British-based experimental rock band, existing between 1991 and 1997. The only consistent member was singer, sampler player and occasional guitarist David Callahan, who initially co-led the project with Margaret Fiedler. Fiedler and bass player John Frenett left Moonshake in 1993 to form the more commercially successful Laika. The band was notable for its extensive use of textures and sampler technology in a rock context. In his 1996 article on Krautrock and its influences, Simon Reynolds described Moonshake as being among the "post-rock groove collectives".

Key claims

  1. release date: 1991 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  2. release date: 1992 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  3. release date: 1994 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  4. release date: 1995 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  5. release date: 1994 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  6. release date: 1996 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  7. release date: 1996 — 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 release date is "1991". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. The record states that the release date is "1992". What evidence would count against this claim?
  4. The record states that the release date is "1994". What evidence would count against this claim?
  5. The record states that the release date is "1995". What evidence would count against this claim?
  6. The record states that the release date is "1994". What evidence would count against this claim?
  7. The record states that the release date is "1996". What evidence would count against this claim?
  8. The record states that the release date is "1996". 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=1373246688

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