Grateful Dead

Summary

Grateful Dead is a musical group^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.34% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (16,466 views/month, #69 of 20,490).^[2]

Key Facts

• Grateful Dead received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award^[3].
• Grateful Dead received the Internet Archive Hero award^[4].
• Grateful Dead received the Grammy Hall of Fame^[5].
• Grateful Dead received the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame^[6].
• Grateful Dead received the Kennedy Center Honors^[7].
• Grateful Dead's instance of is recorded as musical group^[8].
• Grateful Dead's genre is rock music^[9].
• Grateful Dead's genre is psychedelic rock^[10].
• Grateful Dead's record label is recorded as Arista Records^[11].
• Grateful Dead's record label is recorded as Warner Bros. Records^[12].
• Grateful Dead's record label is recorded as Warner Records^[13].
• Grateful Dead's record label is recorded as Grateful Dead Records^[14].
• Grateful Dead's discography is recorded as Grateful Dead discography^[15].
• Grateful Dead's Commons category is recorded as Grateful Dead^[16].
• Grateful Dead's archives at is recorded as McHenry Library^[17].
• Grateful Dead's country of origin is recorded as United States^[18].
• Grateful Dead comprises Mickey Hart^[19].
• January 1, 1965 marks the founding of Grateful Dead^[20].
• Grateful Dead's location of formation is recorded as Palo Alto^[21].
• Grateful Dead's official website is recorded as https://www.dead.net/^[22].
• Grateful Dead's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Grateful Dead^[23].
• Grateful Dead's Commons gallery is recorded as Grateful Dead^[24].
• Grateful Dead's topic has template is recorded as Template:Grateful Dead^[25].
• Grateful Dead's has characteristic is recorded as jam band^[26].
• Grateful Dead's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Grateful Dead'}^[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: US^[29]

• Began / founded: 1965^[30]

• Ended / dissolved: 1995^[31]

• Genre(s): blues rock, classic rock, country rock, folk rock, jam band, pop rock, psychedelic rock, rock, roots rock^[32]

• Community tags: blues rock, classic rock, country rock, folk rock, jam band, pop rock, psychedelic rock, rock, roots rock^[33]

• MusicBrainz ID: 6faa7ca7-0d99-4a5e-bfa6-1fd5037520c6^[34]

Body

Founding

January 1, 1965 marks the founding of Grateful Dead^[20]. Its location of formation is recorded as Palo Alto^[21].

Recognition

Awards received include Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award^[3], a lifetime achievement award^[35], in United States^[36], founded in 1962^[37]; Internet Archive Hero award^[4], an award^[38]; Grammy Hall of Fame^[5], an award^[39], founded in 1973^[40]; Rock and Roll Hall of Fame^[6], a music museum^[41], in United States^[42], founded in 1983^[43]; and Kennedy Center Honors^[7], an award^[44], in United States^[45], founded in 1978^[46].

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Grateful Dead include Grateful Med^[47], a software^[48] and Dicrotendipes thanatogratus^[49], a taxon^[50].

Why It Matters

Grateful Dead ranks in the top 0.34% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (16,466 views/month, #69 of 20,490).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[51] It is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[52]

Entities named for it include Grateful Med^[47], a software^[48] and Dicrotendipes thanatogratus^[49], a taxon^[50].

FAQs

What awards did Grateful Dead receive?

Honors received include Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award^[3], Internet Archive Hero award^[4], Grammy Hall of Fame^[5], and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame^[6].