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Scratch Acid

American noise rock band
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Scratch Acid

Summary

Scratch Acid is a musical group[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (333 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Scratch Acid was influenced by Sonic Youth[3].
  • Scratch Acid was influenced by Big Black[4].
  • Scratch Acid was influenced by Butthole Surfers[5].
  • Scratch Acid's instance of is recorded as musical group[6].
  • Scratch Acid's genre is noise rock[7].
  • Scratch Acid's genre is post-hardcore[8].
  • Scratch Acid's record label is recorded as Touch and Go Records[9].
  • Scratch Acid's Commons category is recorded as Scratch Acid[10].
  • Scratch Acid's country of origin is recorded as United States[11].
  • Scratch Acid comprises David Yow[12].
  • Scratch Acid comprises David Wm. Sims[13].
  • Scratch Acid comprises Rey Washam[14].
  • Scratch Acid comprises Brett Bradford[15].
  • 1982 marks the founding of Scratch Acid[16].
  • Scratch Acid's location of formation is recorded as Austin[17].
  • Scratch Acid's start of work period is recorded as 1982[18].
  • Scratch Acid's end of work period is recorded as 1987[19].

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[20]

  • Country: US[21]

  • Began / founded: 1982[22]

  • Ended / dissolved: 2011[23]

  • Genre(s): art punk, grunge, hardcore punk, indie rock, noise rock, post-hardcore, punk[24]

  • Community tags: alternative pop/rock, alternative/indie rock, american underground, art punk, grunge, hardcore punk, indie rock, noise rock, noise-rock, post hardcore, post-hardcore, punk, punk/new wave, texas punk[25]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 75687111-1585-4df2-83e6-ce52e7fa2bb0[26]

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Founding

1982 marks the founding of Scratch Acid[16]. Its location of formation is recorded as Austin[17].

Why It Matters

Scratch Acid ranks in the top 6% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (333 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27]

Related Entities

Sonic Youth United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [20] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [23] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [24] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [25] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  7. [26] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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