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Ministry

American industrial metal band
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Ministry

Summary

Ministry is a rock band[1]. Ministry ranks in the top 9% of rock_band entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,233 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Ministry's instance of is recorded as rock band[3].
  • Ministry's genre is synth-pop[4].
  • Ministry's genre is new wave[5].
  • Ministry's genre is industrial metal[6].
  • Ministry's genre is thrash metal[7].
  • Ministry's record label is recorded as Arista Records[8].
  • Ministry's record label is recorded as Warner Bros. Records[9].
  • Ministry's record label is recorded as Nuclear Blast[10].
  • Ministry's record label is recorded as Cleopatra Records[11].
  • Ministry's discography is recorded as Ministry discography[12].
  • Ministry's Commons category is recorded as Ministry (musical group)[13].
  • Ministry's country of origin is recorded as United States[14].
  • Ministry comprises Al Jourgensen[15].
  • Ministry comprises John Bechdel[16].
  • Ministry comprises Paul D'Amour[17].
  • 1981 marks the founding of Ministry[18].
  • Ministry's location of formation is recorded as Chicago[19].
  • Ministry's official website is recorded as https://ministryband.com/[20].
  • Ministry's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Ministry (band)[21].
  • Ministry's topic has template is recorded as Template:Ministry (band)[22].
  • Ministry's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Ministry'}[23].
  • Ministry's different from is recorded as Ministry[24].
  • Ministry's start of work period is recorded as 1981[25].
  • Ministry's name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Ministry'}[26].
  • Ministry's member category is recorded as Category:Ministry (band) members[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: 1981[30]

  • Genre(s): alternative metal, ebm, electro-industrial, industrial, industrial metal, industrial rock, metal, new wave, synth-pop[31]

  • Community tags: alternative metal, ebm, electro-industrial, industrial, industrial metal, industrial rock, metal, new wave, synth-pop, synthpop[32]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 13df2a46-f72f-40e7-aa63-26fcf62c7048[33]

Why It Matters

Ministry ranks in the top 9% of rock_band entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,233 views/month).[2] Ministry has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34]

Ministry has been cited as an influence by Nine Inch Nails[35], a musical group[36], founded in 1988[37]; Sevendust[38], a rock band[39], founded in 1994[40]; and Vended[41], a rock band[42], founded in 2018[43].

FAQs

Who did Ministry influence?

Ministry has been cited as an influence by Nine Inch Nails[35], Sevendust[38], and Vended[41].

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Metal Evolution. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [28] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [31] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [32] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [33] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [36] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [37] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [39] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [40] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [42] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [43] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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