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Punky Meadows

American guitarist (born 1950)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 5, 2026
Entity authoritySource title only
Source-derived summary

Punky Meadows is an American guitarist best known as a member of the band Angel between 1975 and 1980. He has often been recognized for his glam rock costumes and hair style.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Punky Meadows” as american guitarist (born 1950). This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Punky, Meadows and American.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1975, 1980—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Punky, Meadows and American providing the first useful test.
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A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Punky Meadows”, the useful work is to connect “american guitarist (born 1950)” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 5, 2026. The first chronological checks are 1975 and 1980.

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This entry incorporates text from “Punky Meadows” 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.