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The Teen Idles

American hardcore punk band
Organization musical_group Q1416624
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The Teen Idles

Summary

The Teen Idles is a musical group[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (308 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Teen Idles's instance of is recorded as musical group[3].
  • The Teen Idles's genre is hardcore punk[4].
  • The Teen Idles's record label is recorded as Dischord Records[5].
  • The Teen Idles's country of origin is recorded as United States[6].
  • The Teen Idles comprises Ian MacKaye[7].
  • The Teen Idles comprises Jeff Nelson[8].
  • The Teen Idles comprises Nathan Strejcek[9].
  • The Teen Idles comprises Geordie Grindle[10].
  • September 1979 marks the founding of The Teen Idles[11].
  • The Teen Idles's location of formation is recorded as Washington, D.C.[12].
  • The Teen Idles's official website is recorded as http://www.dischord.com/band/teenidles[13].
  • The Teen Idles's start of work period is recorded as 1979[14].

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[15]

  • Country: US[16]

  • Began / founded: 1979[17]

  • Ended / dissolved: 1980[18]

  • Genre(s): hardcore punk, punk[19]

  • Community tags: hardcore punk, punk, usa[20]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 84e8d8bf-da21-4488-89e5-50a4c12ff4fa[21]

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Founding

September 1979 marks the founding of The Teen Idles[11]. Its location of formation is recorded as Washington, D.C.[12].

Why It Matters

The Teen Idles ranks in the top 6% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (308 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22]

Related Entities

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] ↑ . Our Band Could Be Your Life. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Our Band Could Be Your Life. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Our Band Could Be Your Life. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Our Band Could Be Your Life. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [15] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [18] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [19] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [20] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  7. [21] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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