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U.S.S.A.

US musical group

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMar 5, 2026
Entity authorityQ7863023 ↗
Source-derived summary

U.S.S.A. are a rock band formed by bassist Paul Barker and guitarist Duane Denison. After their initial collaboration, Barker and Denison recruited vocalist Gary Call and drummer Johnny Rabb.

Their first album, The Spoils, was recorded in the fall of 2006 and released on September 18, 2007.

This band is not related to the mid-1980s Chicago area band named U.S.S.A., consisting of former members of Montrose, Cheap Trick, Off Broadway, Pezband, and d'Thumbs.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “U.S.S.A.” is uS musical group. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through musical and group, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2006, 2007—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. For this dossier, musical and group is the immediate research focus.
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Why this record matters

The phrase “uS musical group” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.

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 Mar 5, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7863023. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2006 and 2007.

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  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “U.S.S.A.”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow U.S.S.A. primary sources, U.S.S.A. archive and musical research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

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This entry incorporates text from “U.S.S.A.” 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.