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Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet

Canadian rock band
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Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet

Summary

Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet is a musical group[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (174 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet received the Juno Award for Instrumental Album of the Year[3].
  • Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet's instance of is recorded as musical group[4].
  • Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet's genre is alternative rock[5].
  • Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet's genre is rock music[6].
  • Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet's genre is surf music[7].
  • Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet's genre is instrumental rock[8].
  • Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet's record label is recorded as Cargo Records[9].
  • Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet's record label is recorded as K Records[10].
  • Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet's country of origin is recorded as Canada[11].
  • Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet comprises Don Pyle[12].
  • 1984 marks the founding of Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet[13].
  • Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet's nominated for is recorded as Juno Award for Instrumental Album of the Year[14].
  • Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet's nominated for is recorded as Juno Award for Instrumental Album of the Year[15].
  • Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet's start of work period is recorded as 1984[16].

Product Details

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MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Group[17]

  • Country: CA[18]

  • Began / founded: 1984[19]

  • Ended / dissolved: 1996[20]

  • Genre(s): instrumental, instrumental rock, rock, surf, surf rock[21]

  • Community tags: instrumental, instrumental rock, rock, surf, surf rock[22]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 54a459f0-a2b9-4893-b931-657c4327ee00[23]

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Founding

1984 marks the founding of Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet[13].

Recognition

Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet received the Juno Award for Instrumental Album of the Year[3].

Why It Matters

Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet ranks in the top 7% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (174 views/month).[2]

FAQs

What awards did Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet receive?

Honors received include Juno Award for Instrumental Album of the Year[3].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . 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.
  7. [23] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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  1. 21d ago · Trivialist · 2026-05-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → musical group
    Wikidata description → Canadian rock band
    Ldif person id → 138361
    Start of work period → +1984-00-00T00:00:00Z
    + 25 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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