Giant Sand

American band
MusicGroup rock_band Q1424974
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Giant Sand

Summary

Giant Sand is a rock band[1]. It draws 197 Wikipedia views per month (rock_band category, ranking #363 of 861).[2]

Key Facts

  • Giant Sand's instance of is recorded as rock band[3].
  • Giant Sand's genre is alternative rock[4].
  • Giant Sand's record label is recorded as Fire Records[5].
  • Giant Sand's Commons category is recorded as Giant Sand[6].
  • Giant Sand's country of origin is recorded as United States[7].
  • Giant Sand comprises Calexico[8].
  • Giant Sand's start of work period is recorded as 1985[9].

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[10]

  • Country: US[11]

  • Began / founded: 1985[12]

  • Genre(s): alternative country, alternative rock, country, desert rock[13]

  • Community tags: alternative country, alternative rock, american, country, desert rock[14]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 249eb550-505e-43ef-ac50-e8c605706ff1[15]

Why It Matters

Giant Sand draws 197 Wikipedia views per month (rock_band category, ranking #363 of 861).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

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.

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

  1. [10] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [11] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [12] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [13] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [14] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [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). Giant Sand. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/giant-sand
MLA “Giant Sand.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/giant-sand.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_giant-sand_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Giant Sand}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/giant-sand}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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