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Painkiller

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Painkiller

Summary

Painkiller is a musical group[1]. Painkiller ranks in the top 6% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (232 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Painkiller's instance of is recorded as musical group[3].
  • Painkiller's genre is progressive rock[4].
  • Painkiller's record label is recorded as Earache Records[5].
  • Painkiller's country of origin is recorded as United States[6].
  • Painkiller comprises John Zorn[7].
  • 1991 marks the founding of Painkiller[8].
  • Painkiller's location of formation is recorded as New York[9].
  • Painkiller's start of work period is recorded as 1991[10].

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[11]

  • Country: US[12]

  • Began / founded: 1991[13]

  • Genre(s): avant-garde, experimental, grindcore, jazz[14]

  • Community tags: avant-garde, experimental, grindcore, jazz, jazzcore[15]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 684cdd49-4239-4936-aa22-6537c0cb7891[16]

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Founding

1991 marks the founding of Painkiller[8]. Painkiller's location of formation is recorded as New York[9].

Why It Matters

Painkiller ranks in the top 6% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (232 views/month).[2] Painkiller has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17]

Related Entities

Earache Records John Zorn New York 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.

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

  1. [11] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [14] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [15] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [16] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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