Template:Infobox Band

This template employs some extremely complicated and esoteric features of template syntax.

Please do not attempt to alter it unless you are certain that you understand the setup and are prepared to repair/revert any consequent collateral damage if the results are unexpected. Any experiments should be conducted in the template sandbox or your user space.

Usage summary:

{{Infobox Band
| band_name       = 
| image           = 
| caption         = 
| origin          = 
| country         = 
| years_active    = 
| actual status   = 
| music_genre     =
| record_label    = 
| us_distribution = 
| current_members = 
| past_members    = 
| website         = 
}}

Fields

	Type	Description
band_name		Name of the group ("the act").
image		An image of the act, sufficiently clear for display at 200 pixels' width.
caption		Caption for the image above.
origin	groups	The city from which the group originated.
country	groups	The country from which the group originated.
years_active		Period in years during which the act was or has been active.
music_genre		The genre or genres of music performed by the act. Aim for generality (e.g. Hip hop rather than East Coast hip hop).
record_label		The record label or labels to which the act has been signed, as a comma-separated list. Omit parenthetical dates; save that information for the main article. Drop the word "Records" from the end of any label's name (e.g. use [[Arista Records\|Arista]] rather than [[Arista Records]].)
current_members	groups	Current members of the group, listed in order with no other notation than names.
past_members	groups	Past members of the group, listed in order with no other notation than names. If a group is inactive, all members should be listed here, and none in the "current members" field.
website		The (NB singular) web address for the act's official website.

Notes

Never link years, unless accompanied by dates.
Most fields are optional and the row will simply be omitted if no data is supplied.
Please see the WikiProject Musicians project page for more information about this template.