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COUM Transmissions

British music and performance art collective
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COUM Transmissions

Summary

COUM Transmissions is an artist collective[1]. It draws 326 Wikipedia views per month (artist_collective category, ranking #19 of 171).[2]

Key Facts

  • COUM Transmissions's field of work was performance art[3].
  • A notable work attributed to COUM Transmissions is Prostitution[4].
  • COUM Transmissions was influenced by Dada[5].
  • COUM Transmissions's instance of is recorded as artist collective[6].
  • COUM Transmissions's founder is recorded as Genesis P-Orridge[7].
  • COUM Transmissions's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[8].
  • 1969 marks the founding of COUM Transmissions[9].
  • COUM Transmissions was dissolved in 1976[10].

Product Details

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  • Type: Group[11]

  • Country: GB[12]

  • Began / founded: 1969-11[13]

  • Ended / dissolved: 1976[14]

  • MusicBrainz ID: aef5a665-9ec9-4963-99fa-6f265baa0f8d[15]

Body

Founding

COUM Transmissions's founder is recorded as Genesis P-Orridge[7]. 1969 marks the founding of it[9].

Industry

COUM Transmissions's field of work was performance art[3].

Dissolution

COUM Transmissions was dissolved in 1976[10].

Why It Matters

COUM Transmissions draws 326 Wikipedia views per month (artist_collective category, ranking #19 of 171).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

Related Entities

United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [5] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [11] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [14] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [15] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). COUM Transmissions. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/coum-transmissions
MLA “COUM Transmissions.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/coum-transmissions.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_coum-transmissions_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{COUM Transmissions}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/coum-transmissions}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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