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Defunkt

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Defunkt

Summary

Defunkt is a musical group[1]. Defunkt ranks in the top 6% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (201 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Defunkt's instance of is recorded as musical group[3].
  • Defunkt's genre is funk rock[4].
  • Defunkt's genre is jazz[5].
  • Defunkt's record label is recorded as Antilles[6].
  • Defunkt's record label is recorded as DIW Records[7].
  • Defunkt's country of origin is recorded as United States[8].
  • Defunkt comprises Joseph Bowie[9].
  • 1978 marks the founding of Defunkt[10].
  • Defunkt's start of work period is recorded as 1978[11].

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[12]

  • Country: US[13]

  • Began / founded: 1978[14]

  • Genre(s): jazz, jazz-funk, rock[15]

  • Community tags: funkrock, fusion, jazz, jazz-funk, jazzrock, rock[16]

  • MusicBrainz ID: c46aa9da-4960-4553-b259-eb8e50dea144[17]

Body

Founding

1978 marks the founding of Defunkt[10].

Why It Matters

Defunkt ranks in the top 6% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (201 views/month).[2] Defunkt has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18]

Related Entities

United States

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.

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

  1. [12] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [15] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [16] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [17] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_defunkt_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Defunkt}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/defunkt}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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  1. 4w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-04-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Record label → —
    Country of origin → —
    Start of work period → +1978-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Country of origin → United States
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ [[Property:P227]]: 10277646-5, resolving redirect"
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