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Ministry

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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 (7,592 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].

Why It Matters

Ministry ranks in the top 9% of rock_band entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,592 views/month).[2] Ministry has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28]

Ministry has been cited as an influence by Nine Inch Nails[29], a musical group[30], founded in 1988[31]; Sevendust[32], a rock band[33], founded in 1994[34]; and Vended[35], a rock band[36], founded in 2018[37].

FAQs

Who did Ministry influence?

Ministry has been cited as an influence by Nine Inch Nails[29], Sevendust[32], and Vended[35].

Related Entities

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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.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [34] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [36] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [37] ↑ . 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. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 15d ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → +1981-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Topic's main category → Category:Ministry (band)
    Has part(s) → Al Jourgensen, John Bechdel, Sin Quirin +2
    Instance of → —
    + 22 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: k0009732-Ministry-hudebni-skupina, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259496|batch #259496]]"
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