Worm Quartet

Article summary

Worm Quartet is a comedy music project created by Timothy F. Crist who uses the stage moniker ShoEboX and performs fast, synth-driven, pseudo-metal punk/pop. The band was formed in 1991 and its name is a reference to cartoons Crist used to draw. Worm Quartet's I Bit William Shatner was featured as a Top 5 song on the Dr. Demento Show in 2001, Frank's Not In The Band Anymore was Dr. Demento's 2nd most requested song of the year in 2002, Great Idea For A Song was the most requested song in 2004, You Were Wrong Cabinet Sanchez reached #15 in 2006, and Fueled By Angst reached #7 in 2014. The Ballad of Doctor Stopp was nominated for a Logan Award in 2013 after having previously won the Outstanding Original Comedy Song award in 2011, Fueled by Angst, and Math is Bulls**t (featuring Insane Ian) were both nominated in 2015, and I Don't Matter (featuring Chris Mezzolesta) was nominated in 2017.

Key claims

1. date of formation: 1991 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
2. release date: 2001-12-19 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
3. release date: 2020 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

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4. The record states that the release date is "2020". What evidence would count against this claim?
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Bibliography

1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1337818965