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Brimstone Howl

musical artist

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 2, 2026
Entity authorityQ4968163 ↗
Source-derived summary

Brimstone Howl is a punk blues band based in Omaha, Nebraska. They are often called "garage rock", although the band members themselves reject the term. Brimstone Howl has had numerous lineup changes since its inception.

Music

In early 2005, Brimstone Howl released an album entitled Seven Mean Runs on SPEED! Nebraska Records. Later that year the band released their second album Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Brimstone Howl” as musical artist. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Brimstone, Howl and musical.

Editorial reviewStrongest as a route into the people, institutions and dated events that shaped the subject’s public record. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2005—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Brimstone, Howl and musical providing the first useful test.
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A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Brimstone Howl”, the useful work is to connect “musical artist” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 2, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q4968163. VIAF identifies the subject as 158664378. The Library of Congress control number is no2008106549. 2 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2005.

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This entry incorporates text from “Brimstone Howl” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.