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The Birds of Satan
Group · United States · formed 2014
US musical group
Timeline
2 events◆ Formed 1− Member leaves 1
2010s
2020s
· Member leaves
Taylor Hawkins leaves the band
drums (drum set),lead vocals,original
source: musicbrainz
Biography
English biography151 words · 3 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1363649262
Biography
The Birds of Satan were an American progressive hard rock supergroup, assembled in 2014 as a side-project led by Taylor Hawkins of the Foo Fighters. The band was also composed of members Wiley Hodgden and Mick Murphy who previously played with Hawkins in the cover band Chevy Metal.
History
The Birds of Satan formed as an evolution of former cover band Chevy Metal.
The band's self-titled debut album was released on April 15, 2014 and pays tribute to seventies artists such as Queen, David Bowie, Wings, Alice Cooper, Van Halen, and Aerosmith. Fellow Foo Fighters band members Dave Grohl, Rami Jaffee, and Pat Smear are featured on the album alongside the band, while Hawkins' school friend and Yes vocalist Jon Davison also appears. Prior to the album's release, the band released a promotional single titled, "Thanks for the Line."
Band members
Taylor Hawkins – vocals, drums
Wiley Hodgden – bass
Mick Murphy – guitar
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 2 | 7th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 2 | 62.1th |
| Recording span (years) | 12 | 30.2th |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (0 release groups)
No discography rows stored yet
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Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put The Birds of Satan head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 2 | 7th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 2 | 62.1th |
| Recording span (years) | 12 | 30.2th |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Awards & honours
Line-up
| Name | From | To | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taylor Hawkins | — | 2022 | drums (drum set),lead vocals,original |
Where this record comes from
core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16823268genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16823268seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Birds_of_Satanbiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Birds_of_Satan
Why this artist is in the database
- List of progressive rock artists
Tier rule: curated genre/region list
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Wikidata: Q16823268 · MusicBrainz: 93557aa9-1ced-421a-b026-5a0aee62fa75
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