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The Waitresses

American post-punk and new-wave band
Organization musical_group Q1481279
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The Waitresses

Summary

The Waitresses is a musical group[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,600 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Waitresses's instance of is recorded as musical group[3].
  • The Waitresses's genre is post-punk[4].
  • The Waitresses's genre is new wave[5].
  • The Waitresses's discography is recorded as The Waitresses discography[6].
  • The Waitresses's country of origin is recorded as United States[7].
  • The Waitresses comprises Chris Butler[8].
  • The Waitresses comprises Patty Donahue[9].
  • The Waitresses comprises Billy Ficca[10].
  • The Waitresses comprises Mars Williams[11].
  • The Waitresses comprises David Hofstra[12].
  • The Waitresses comprises Tracy Wormworth[13].
  • The Waitresses comprises Holly Beth Vincent[14].
  • January 1, 1977 marks the founding of The Waitresses[15].
  • The Waitresses's location of formation is recorded as Akron[16].
  • The Waitresses's topic's main category is recorded as Category:The Waitresses[17].
  • The Waitresses's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Waitresses'}[18].
  • The Waitresses's start of work period is recorded as 1978[19].

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[20]

  • Country: US[21]

  • Began / founded: 1978[22]

  • Ended / dissolved: 1984[23]

  • Genre(s): new wave[24]

  • Community tags: new wave, new york, rock and indie, usa[25]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 8acd46ce-3c10-402e-9ede-676b31c837cb[26]

Body

Founding

January 1, 1977 marks the founding of The Waitresses[15]. Its location of formation is recorded as Akron[16].

Identity

The Waitresses's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'it'}[18].

Why It Matters

The Waitresses ranks in the top 6% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,600 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

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] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [20] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [23] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [24] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [25] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  7. [26] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 11d ago · Printstream · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['de', 'en', 'nl', 'pl', 'ru', 'simple']
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  2. 21w ago · ~2026-20557-63 · 2026-05-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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