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The Birthday Party

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The Birthday Party

Summary

The Birthday Party is a musical group[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,807 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Birthday Party's instance of is recorded as musical group[3].
  • The Birthday Party's genre is post-punk[4].
  • The Birthday Party's genre is gothic rock[5].
  • The Birthday Party's record label is recorded as Missing Link Records[6].
  • The Birthday Party's record label is recorded as 4AD[7].
  • The Birthday Party's discography is recorded as The Birthday Party discography[8].
  • The Birthday Party's country of origin is recorded as Australia[9].
  • 1977 marks the founding of The Birthday Party[10].
  • The Birthday Party's location of formation is recorded as Melbourne[11].
  • The Birthday Party's official website is recorded as http://www.thebirthdayparty.com.au[12].
  • The Birthday Party's topic has template is recorded as Template:The Birthday Party[13].
  • The Birthday Party's start of work period is recorded as 1976[14].
  • The Birthday Party's end of work period is recorded as 1983[15].
  • The Birthday Party's name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Birthday Party'}[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: GB[18]

  • Began / founded: 1980-03-01[19]

  • Ended / dissolved: 1983-08[20]

  • Genre(s): alternative rock, gothic rock, noise rock, post-punk, punk blues[21]

  • Community tags: 4ad, alternative rock, gothic rock, noise rock, post-punk, punk blues[22]

  • MusicBrainz ID: cbcd4d49-e892-4fc6-a313-35f275a153d2[23]

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Founding

1977 marks the founding of The Birthday Party[10]. Its location of formation is recorded as Melbourne[11].

Why It Matters

The Birthday Party ranks in the top 4% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,807 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

Related Entities

4AD Australia Melbourne Nick Cave

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] ↑ . Retrieved . 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.
  2. [24] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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