Down by Law

American punk rock band
Organization musical_group Q1253165
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Down by Law

Summary

Down by Law is a musical group[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (114 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Down by Law's instance of is recorded as musical group[3].
  • Down by Law's genre is punk rock[4].
  • Down by Law's record label is recorded as DC-Jam Records[5].
  • Down by Law's record label is recorded as Epitaph Records[6].
  • Down by Law's record label is recorded as Golf Records[7].
  • Down by Law's country of origin is recorded as United States[8].
  • Down by Law comprises Dave Smalley[9].
  • Down by Law's location of formation is recorded as United States[10].
  • Down by Law's official website is recorded as http://www.downbylaw.com[11].
  • Down by Law's start of work period is recorded as 1989[12].

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[13]

  • Country: US[14]

  • Began / founded: 1989[15]

  • Genre(s): punk[16]

  • Community tags: punk[17]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 7d990fa3-e1a0-4d6e-b266-222a66bd3f83[18]

Body

Founding

Down by Law's location of formation is recorded as United States[10].

Why It Matters

Down by Law ranks in the top 7% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (114 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19]

It has been cited as an influence by Blink-182[20], a musical group[21], founded in 1992[22].

FAQs

Who did Down by Law influence?

Down by Law has been cited as an influence by Blink-182[20].

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.

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

  1. [13] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [14] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [15] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [16] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [17] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [18] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [20] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [21] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [22] . 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. [19] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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