You Know They Got a Hell of a Band (short story)
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"You Know They Got a Hell of a Band" is a horror short story by Stephen King about a couple who stumble upon a sinister small town populated by the undead spirits of famous rock musicians.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| You Know They Got a Hell of a Band (short story) canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
horror fiction
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short story ⓘ |
| adaptation | Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King (TV series episode) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| adaptationReleaseYear | 2006 ⓘ |
| adaptationType | television episode ⓘ |
| author | Stephen King ⓘ |
| centralConflict | couple trapped in town of undead rock musicians ⓘ |
| collectionPublicationYear | 1993 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| featuresFictionalCharacter |
Buddy Holly (fictionalized spirit)
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Elvis Presley (fictionalized spirit) NERFINISHED ⓘ Janis Joplin (fictionalized spirit) NERFINISHED ⓘ Jimi Hendrix (fictionalized spirit) NERFINISHED ⓘ Roy Orbison (fictionalized spirit) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1992 ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | Shock Rock NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublishedInType | anthology GENERATED ⓘ |
| genre |
horror
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supernatural fiction ⓘ |
| hasMediaType |
print
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television (adaptation) ⓘ |
| hasPageCountRange | approximately 30–40 pages (in collection editions) ⓘ |
| includedInCollection | Nightmares & Dreamscapes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includedInGenreCategory |
American horror short stories
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short fiction by Stephen King ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor | depicting afterlife town of dead rock stars ⓘ |
| partOf | Stephen King bibliography NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonist |
Clark
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Mary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisherOfFirstBookCollection | Viking Press NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
Oregon
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fictional town of Rock and Roll Heaven ⓘ |
| theme |
celebrity worship
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death ⓘ entrapment ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | late 20th century ⓘ |
| titleOrigin | lyric allusion to rock-and-roll culture ⓘ |
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Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King
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You Know They Got a Hell of a Band (short story)
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