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Also known as Malcolm Robert Andrew McLaren, Μάλκολμ Ρόμπερτ Άντριου Έντουαρντς, Μάλκολμ Ρόμπερτ Άντριου Μακ Λάρεν, Μάλκολμ Έντουαρντς, Μάλκολμ Κορρέ

English artist, performer and fashion designer (1946–2010)

OverviewAI-generated

Malcolm McLaren was a male artist from the United Kingdom whose work period began in 1971. He is associated with genres including classical crossover, dance-pop, east coast hip hop, electro, and new wave. His musical style is also categorized under electronic, alternative, soundtrack, pop, and electronica tags.

McLaren is the author of works such as *Punk Couture*, *Sid Vicious*, *Malcolm Mclaren*, *The album cover art of punk!*, and *Musical Paintings*. He has five works listed in Crossref and six in Open Library. His music has been played 2,127,836 times with 310,176 listeners on Last.fm. He is referenced by 561 other encyclopedia articles.

Synthesized by Vinony from 20 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Works
6

Top works

  • Punk Couture
  • Sid Vicious
  • Malcolm Mclaren
  • The album cover art of punk!
  • Musical Paintings

via Open Library + Wikidata

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United Kingdom
Active from
1946-01-22
Active to
2010-04-08
classical crossoverdance-popeast coast hip hopelectronew waverock

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
310,176
Total plays
2,127,836

Tags

electronicalternativeSoundtrackpopelectronica

Malcolm McLaren (22 January 1946, London, UK – 8 April 2010, Switzerland) had a varied career starting from Art School dropout to Kings Road merchant, moving into band manager, socio-political instigator, quasi-musician himself, wry social commentator & influential media manipulator. In the late 1960s he started designing clothes and by 1972 he opened a clothing boutique in London with his then girlfriend, Vivienne Westwood. In 1975, after a failed <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Malcolm+Mc

via Last.fm · Malcolm McLaren

Key facts

Born
Malcolm Robert Andrew McLaren , ( 1946-01-22 ) 22 January 1946, Stoke Newington , London , England
Died
8 April 2010 (2010-04-08) (aged 64), Bellinzona , Ticino, Switzerland
Genres
Rock punk rock hip hop new wave dance
Occupations
Musician singer-songwriter producer band manager entrepreneur music businessman
Years active
1971–2010
Labels
Charisma Island / Atlantic Epic / SME Gee Street /Island/ PolyGram Virgin / EMI
Website
malcolmmclaren .com

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Encyclopedic overview

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Malcolm Robert Andrew McLaren (22 January 1946 – 8 April 2010) was an English fashion designer, entrepreneur and music manager. He was a promoter and a manager for punk rock and new wave bands such as New York Dolls, Sex Pistols, Adam and the Ants, and Bow Wow Wow, and was an early influencer of the punk subculture.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Malcolm McLaren” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.