Butthole Surfers

American rock band
Organization musical_group Q1018174
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Butthole Surfers

Summary

Butthole Surfers is a musical group[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,158 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Butthole Surfers's instance of is recorded as musical group[3].
  • Butthole Surfers is associated with the avant-garde movement[4].
  • Butthole Surfers's genre is alternative rock[5].
  • Butthole Surfers's genre is experimental music[6].
  • Butthole Surfers's genre is psychedelic rock[7].
  • Butthole Surfers's genre is noise rock[8].
  • Butthole Surfers's genre is art punk[9].
  • Butthole Surfers's record label is recorded as Touch and Go Records[10].
  • Butthole Surfers's record label is recorded as Capitol Records[11].
  • Butthole Surfers's record label is recorded as Blast First[12].
  • Butthole Surfers's record label is recorded as Rough Trade[13].
  • Butthole Surfers's record label is recorded as Hollywood Records[14].
  • Butthole Surfers's record label is recorded as Alternative Tentacles[15].
  • Butthole Surfers's record label is recorded as Latino Buggerveil[16].
  • Butthole Surfers's record label is recorded as Surfdog Records[17].
  • Butthole Surfers's record label is recorded as Au Go Go Records[18].
  • Butthole Surfers's discography is recorded as Butthole Surfers discography[19].
  • Butthole Surfers's country of origin is recorded as United States[20].
  • Butthole Surfers comprises Gibby Haynes[21].
  • Butthole Surfers comprises Paul Leary[22].
  • Butthole Surfers comprises King Coffey[23].
  • Butthole Surfers comprises Jeff Pinkus[24].
  • 1981 marks the founding of Butthole Surfers[25].
  • Butthole Surfers's location of formation is recorded as San Antonio[26].
  • Butthole Surfers's official website is recorded as http://www.buttholesurfers.com/[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Group[28]

  • Country: US[29]

  • Began / founded: 1982[30]

  • Genre(s): acid rock, alternative rock, art punk, experimental rock, neo-psychedelia, noise rock, pigfuck, post-hardcore, post-punk, psychedelic rock, punk, stoner metal[31]

  • Community tags: acid punk, acid rock, alternative rock, art punk, experimental rock, neo-psychedelia, noise rock, pigfuck, post-hardcore, post-punk, psychedelic rock, punk, stoner metal, weird america[32]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 2339bc21-aa92-4850-86f0-4bb9433910c8[33]

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Founding

1981 marks the founding of Butthole Surfers[25]. Its location of formation is recorded as San Antonio[26].

Why It Matters

Butthole Surfers ranks in the top 1% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,158 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

It has been cited as an influence by Scratch Acid[36], a musical group[37], founded in 1982[38].

FAQs

Who did Butthole Surfers influence?

Butthole Surfers has been cited as an influence by Scratch Acid[36].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . minorthread.com. minorthread.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [30] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [31] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [32] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [33] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [36] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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