Dead Can Dance

Summary

Dead Can Dance is a musical group^[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,569 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Dead Can Dance's instance of is recorded as musical group^[3].
• Dead Can Dance's genre is ethereal wave^[4].
• Dead Can Dance's genre is neoclassical dark wave^[5].
• Dead Can Dance's genre is world music^[6].
• Dead Can Dance's record label is recorded as 4AD^[7].
• Dead Can Dance's discography is recorded as Dead Can Dance discography^[8].
• Dead Can Dance's Commons category is recorded as Dead Can Dance^[9].
• Dead Can Dance's country of origin is recorded as Australia^[10].
• Dead Can Dance comprises Lisa Gerrard^[11].
• Dead Can Dance comprises Brendan Perry^[12].
• 1981 marks the founding of Dead Can Dance^[13].
• Dead Can Dance's location of formation is recorded as Melbourne^[14].
• Dead Can Dance's official website is recorded as https://www.deadcandance.com/^[15].
• Dead Can Dance's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Dead Can Dance^[16].
• Dead Can Dance's Commons gallery is recorded as Dead Can Dance^[17].
• Dead Can Dance's topic has template is recorded as Template:Dead Can Dance^[18].
• Dead Can Dance's start of work period is recorded as 1981^[19].
• Dead Can Dance's end of work period is recorded as 1998^[20].
• Dead Can Dance's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+87000'}^[21].
• Dead Can Dance's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+104000'}^[22].
• Dead Can Dance's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+20847'}^[23].
• Dead Can Dance's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+21292'}^[24].
• Dead Can Dance's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+127000'}^[25].
• Dead Can Dance's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+146000'}^[26].
• Dead Can Dance's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+165000'}^[27].

Product Details

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• Type: Group^[28]

• Country: AU^[29]

• Began / founded: 1981^[30]

• Genre(s): ambient, dark wave, ethereal wave, gothic, neoclassical dark wave, new age, post-punk^[31]

• Community tags: ambient, dark wave, darkwave, ethereal wave, gothic, neoclassical dark wave, neoclassical darkwave, new age, post-punk^[32]

• MusicBrainz ID: ccda046a-2674-4f7d-97e6-f23d6c156432^[33]

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Founding

1981 marks the founding of Dead Can Dance^[13]. Its location of formation is recorded as Melbourne^[14].

Why It Matters

Dead Can Dance ranks in the top 3% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,569 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[34] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[35]