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James Chance and the Contortions

American bands (1977-2016)
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James Chance and the Contortions

Summary

James Chance and the Contortions is a musical group[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (249 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • James Chance and the Contortions's instance of is recorded as musical group[3].
  • James Chance and the Contortions's genre is jazz[4].
  • James Chance and the Contortions's genre is punk rock[5].
  • James Chance and the Contortions's record label is recorded as ZE Records[6].
  • James Chance and the Contortions's country of origin is recorded as United States[7].
  • James Chance and the Contortions comprises James Chance[8].
  • 1977 marks the founding of James Chance and the Contortions[9].
  • James Chance and the Contortions's location of formation is recorded as New York City[10].
  • James Chance and the Contortions's start of work period is recorded as 1977[11].

Product Details

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MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Group[12]

  • Country: US[13]

  • Began / founded: 1977[14]

  • Ended / dissolved: 1980[15]

  • Genre(s): dance-punk, jazz-funk, no wave, post-punk[16]

  • Community tags: dance-punk, jazz-funk, no wave, post-punk[17]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 80eee8dd-55e4-47ef-8246-f17ffd17c983[18]

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Founding

1977 marks the founding of James Chance and the Contortions[9]. Its location of formation is recorded as New York City[10].

Why It Matters

James Chance and the Contortions ranks in the top 6% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (249 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

Related Entities

New York City 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.
  7. [18] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6w ago · MarisDreshmanisBot bot · 2026-05-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Start of work period → +1977-00-00T00:00:00Z
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    Has part(s) → James Chance
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