Dead or Alive

Summary

Dead or Alive is a musical group^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,392 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Dead or Alive's instance of is recorded as musical group^[3].
• Dead or Alive's genre is rock music^[4].
• Dead or Alive's genre is gothic rock^[5].
• Dead or Alive's genre is post-punk^[6].
• Dead or Alive's record label is recorded as Epic Records^[7].
• Dead or Alive's record label is recorded as Sony Music Entertainment Japan^[8].
• Dead or Alive's record label is recorded as Cleopatra Records^[9].
• Dead or Alive's record label is recorded as Avex Trax^[10].
• Dead or Alive's discography is recorded as Dead or Alive discography^[11].
• Dead or Alive's Commons category is recorded as Dead or Alive (band)^[12].
• Dead or Alive's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom^[13].
• Dead or Alive comprises Pete Burns^[14].
• 1980 marks the founding of Dead or Alive^[15].
• Dead or Alive's location of formation is recorded as Liverpool^[16].
• Dead or Alive's official website is recorded as http://www.deadoralive.net^[17].
• Dead or Alive's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Dead or Alive (band)^[18].
• Dead or Alive's topic has template is recorded as Template:Dead or Alive^[19].
• Dead or Alive's has characteristic is recorded as rock band^[20].
• Dead or Alive's has characteristic is recorded as pop band^[21].
• Dead or Alive's different from is recorded as Dead or Alive^[22].
• Dead or Alive's different from is recorded as Dead and Alive^[23].
• Dead or Alive's start of work period is recorded as 1979^[24].
• Dead or Alive's name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Dead or Alive'}^[25].
• Dead or Alive's member category is recorded as Category:Dead or Alive (band) members^[26].
• Dead or Alive's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+258000'}^[27].

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^[28]

• Country: GB^[29]

• Began / founded: 1980^[30]

• Ended / dissolved: 2011^[31]

• Genre(s): hi-nrg, pop, rock, synth-pop^[32]

• Community tags: british, classic pop and rock, english, hi-nrg, pop, queer, rock, synth-pop, uk^[33]

• MusicBrainz ID: 98720123-fcec-47be-9e88-29a310fb2942^[34]

Body

Founding

1980 marks the founding of Dead or Alive^[15]. Its location of formation is recorded as Liverpool^[16].

Why It Matters

Dead or Alive ranks in the top 2% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,392 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[35] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[36]