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The Gun Club

American rock band
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The Gun Club

Summary

The Gun Club is a musical group[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,076 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • A notable work attributed to The Gun Club is Death Party[3].
  • The Gun Club's instance of is recorded as musical group[4].
  • The Gun Club's genre is punk rock[5].
  • The Gun Club's record label is recorded as I.R.S. Records[6].
  • The Gun Club's record label is recorded as Beggars Banquet Records[7].
  • The Gun Club's record label is recorded as Ruby Records[8].
  • The Gun Club's discography is recorded as The Gun Club discography[9].
  • The Gun Club's country of origin is recorded as United States[10].
  • The Gun Club comprises Dee Pop[11].
  • The Gun Club comprises Jeffrey Lee Pierce[12].
  • The Gun Club comprises Kid Congo Powers[13].
  • The Gun Club comprises Patricia Morrison[14].
  • The Gun Club comprises Rob Graves[15].
  • 1980 marks the founding of The Gun Club[16].
  • The Gun Club's location of formation is recorded as Los Angeles[17].
  • The Gun Club's official website is recorded as http://www.thegunclub.net/[18].
  • The Gun Club's start of work period is recorded as 1980[19].
  • The Gun Club's name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Gun Club'}[20].

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[21]

  • Country: US[22]

  • Began / founded: 1979[23]

  • Ended / dissolved: 1996[24]

  • Genre(s): alternative rock, blues rock, cowpunk, dream pop, post-punk, psychobilly, punk blues[25]

  • Community tags: alternative rock, blues rock, cowpunk, cowpunk music, dream pop, post-punk, psychobilly, punk blues, punk rock music, rock groups[26]

  • MusicBrainz ID: e78cc47f-9b89-4ef7-86f8-8f9df4f9dac9[27]

Body

Founding

1980 marks the founding of The Gun Club[16]. Its location of formation is recorded as Los Angeles[17].

Why It Matters

The Gun Club ranks in the top 5% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,076 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28]

It has been cited as an influence by Pixies[29], a musical group[30], founded in 1986[31].

FAQs

Who did The Gun Club influence?

The Gun Club has been cited as an influence by Pixies[29].

Related Entities

Los Angeles Pixies United States

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. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . musik-sammler.de. musik-sammler.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [21] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [24] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [25] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [26] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  7. [27] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · ZI Jony · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Start of work period → +1980-00-00T00:00:00Z
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