Rank and File
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Rank and File was an American cowpunk band of the early 1980s known for blending punk rock energy with country and roots music.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Rank and File canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7909966 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rank and File Context triple: [SubUrbia, musicBy, Rank and File]
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- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rank and File Target entity description: Rank and File was an American cowpunk band of the early 1980s known for blending punk rock energy with country and roots music.
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A.
Proletarian brigades
Proletarian brigades were elite, highly mobile combat units within the Yugoslav Partisan resistance movement during World War II, composed largely of politically committed and experienced fighters.
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B.
Kader Factory
Kader Factory is an Egyptian manufacturing company specializing in the production of military and civilian industrial products.
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C.
Brigada
Brigada is a popular Russian crime drama television series that follows the rise and fall of a group of Moscow friends who become powerful gangsters in the turbulent 1990s.
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D.
The Comrade
The Comrade was an influential early 20th-century Urdu-English political journal from British India that championed anti-colonial nationalism and Muslim political rights.
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E.
Unity of Labor
Unity of Labor was a Zionist socialist political party in pre-state and early-state Israel that advocated for Jewish workers’ rights and labor-based nation-building.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
album
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band ⓘ song ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod | early 1980s ⓘ |
| album |
Long Gone Dead
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rank and File NERFINISHED ⓘ Sundown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Cowboy Nation
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Dils NERFINISHED ⓘ True Believers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| debutAlbum | Sundown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dissolvedIn | mid-1980s ⓘ |
| genre |
country rock
ⓘ
cowpunk ⓘ cowpunk ⓘ punk rock ⓘ roots rock ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Alejandro Escovedo
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Chip Kinman NERFINISHED ⓘ Jeff Ross NERFINISHED ⓘ Slim Evans NERFINISHED ⓘ Tony Kinman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNotableSong |
Amanda Ruth
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Coyote ⓘ Long Gone Dead NERFINISHED ⓘ The Conductor Wore Black NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedGenre |
Americana
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
alt-country ⓘ alternative country ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| notableFor | blending punk rock energy with country and roots music ⓘ |
| origin | Los Angeles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performer |
Rank and File
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rank and File NERFINISHED ⓘ Rank and File NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate |
1982
ⓘ
1984 ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Rhino Records
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Slash Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scene | Los Angeles punk scene ⓘ |
| styleCharacteristic |
lyrics influenced by country storytelling
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twangy guitars ⓘ vocal harmonies ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Rank and File Description of subject: Rank and File was an American cowpunk band of the early 1980s known for blending punk rock energy with country and roots music.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.