Flipper

American musical group
Organization musical_group Q1428959
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Flipper

Summary

Flipper is a musical group[1]. Flipper ranks in the top 5% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (941 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Flipper's instance of is recorded as musical group[3].
  • Flipper's genre is hardcore punk[4].
  • Flipper's record label is recorded as Subterranean Records[5].
  • Flipper's record label is recorded as Alternative Tentacles[6].
  • Flipper's record label is recorded as Domino Recording Company[7].
  • Flipper's discography is recorded as Flipper discography[8].
  • Flipper's country of origin is recorded as United States[9].
  • 1979 marks the founding of Flipper[10].
  • Flipper's location of formation is recorded as San Francisco[11].
  • Flipper's official website is recorded as http://www.flipperrules.com/[12].
  • Flipper's start of work period is recorded as 1979[13].
  • Flipper's name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Flipper'}[14].
  • Flipper's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+2294'}[15].
  • Flipper's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+2314'}[16].

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.

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  • Type: Group[17]

  • Country: US[18]

  • Began / founded: 1979[19]

  • Genre(s): art punk, hardcore punk, noise rock, pigfuck, post-hardcore, punk, sludge metal[20]

  • Community tags: art punk, california, hardcore punk, noise rock, pigfuck, post-hardcore, punk, san francisco, sludge metal, usa[21]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 4e99b3a5-654b-43ee-a9bf-c55c155c0495[22]

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Founding

1979 marks the founding of Flipper[10]. Flipper's location of formation is recorded as San Francisco[11].

Why It Matters

Flipper ranks in the top 5% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (941 views/month).[2] Flipper has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23]

Flipper has been cited as an influence by Foo Fighters[24], a rock band[25], founded in 1995[26] and Rick Rubin[27], a record producer[28], b. 1963[29], of United States[30].

FAQs

Who did Flipper influence?

Flipper has been cited as an influence by Foo Fighters[24] and Rick Rubin[27].

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.

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

  1. [17] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [18] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [19] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [20] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [21] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [22] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [24] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [27] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [30] . 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. [23] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 19d ago · Jmabel · 2026-05-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Facebook page id Flipper/32047285459
    Commons category Flipper (band)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P373]]: Flipper (band)"
  2. 4w ago · ZI Jony · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Record label
    Country of origin
    Start of work period +1979-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Country of origin United States
    + 16 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P11705]]: 32047285459, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/257115|batch #257115]]"
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