Death Cab for Cutie

American rock band
Organization musical_group Q16414
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Death Cab for Cutie

Summary

Death Cab for Cutie is a musical group[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,270 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Death Cab for Cutie's instance of is recorded as musical group[3].
  • Death Cab for Cutie's founder is recorded as Ben Gibbard[4].
  • Death Cab for Cutie's genre is indie rock[5].
  • Death Cab for Cutie's genre is emo[6].
  • Death Cab for Cutie is named after Death Cab for Cutie[7].
  • Death Cab for Cutie's record label is recorded as Atlantic Records[8].
  • Death Cab for Cutie's record label is recorded as Barsuk Records[9].
  • Death Cab for Cutie's record label is recorded as Warner Music Group[10].
  • Death Cab for Cutie's discography is recorded as Death Cab for Cutie discography[11].
  • Death Cab for Cutie's Commons category is recorded as Death Cab for Cutie[12].
  • Death Cab for Cutie's country of origin is recorded as United States[13].
  • Death Cab for Cutie comprises Ben Gibbard[14].
  • Death Cab for Cutie comprises Nick Harmer[15].
  • Death Cab for Cutie comprises Jason McGerr[16].
  • 1997 marks the founding of Death Cab for Cutie[17].
  • Death Cab for Cutie's location of formation is recorded as Western Washington University[18].
  • Death Cab for Cutie's official website is recorded as https://www.deathcabforcutie.com[19].
  • Death Cab for Cutie's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Death Cab for Cutie[20].
  • Death Cab for Cutie's Commons gallery is recorded as Death Cab for Cutie[21].
  • Death Cab for Cutie's nominated for is recorded as Shortlist Music Prize[22].
  • Death Cab for Cutie's topic has template is recorded as Template:Death Cab for Cutie[23].
  • Death Cab for Cutie's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'DCFC'}[24].
  • Death Cab for Cutie's start of work period is recorded as 1997[25].

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[26]

  • Country: US[27]

  • Began / founded: 1997[28]

  • Genre(s): alternative rock, emo, indie folk, indie pop, indie rock, midwest emo[29]

  • Community tags: alternative rock, alternative rock music, american, ben gibbard, emo, indie, indie folk, indie pop, indie rock, midwest emo[30]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 0039c7ae-e1a7-4a7d-9b49-0cbc716821a6[31]

Body

Founding

Death Cab for Cutie's founder is recorded as Ben Gibbard[4]. 1997 marks the founding of it[17]. Its location of formation is recorded as Western Washington University[18].

Identity

Death Cab for Cutie's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'DCFC'}[24].

Why It Matters

Death Cab for Cutie ranks in the top 1% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,270 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

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] . 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.

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

  1. [26] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [27] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [28] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [29] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [30] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [31] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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