Joe Perry (musician)

E293938

guitarist human musician rock guitarist songwriter

Joe Perry is an American rock guitarist best known as the lead guitarist and co-founder of the band Aerosmith.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Joe Perry	83
Joe Perry (musician) canonical	1
Joe Perry left Aerosmith during the recording	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2737168 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Joe Perry (musician)
Context triple: [Perry, hasNotableBearer, Joe Perry (musician)]

A. Steven Tyler
Steven Tyler is an American rock singer best known as the flamboyant lead vocalist of the band Aerosmith.
B. Steve Perry
Steve Perry is an American rock singer best known as the former lead vocalist of the band Journey, recognized for his powerful tenor voice and hits like "Don't Stop Believin'."
C. Neal Schon
Neal Schon is an American rock guitarist and songwriter best known as the longtime lead guitarist and co-founder of the band Journey.
D. Dave Abbruzzese
Dave Abbruzzese is an American rock drummer best known for his work with Pearl Jam during their early 1990s commercial peak, including on the albums "Vs." and "Vitalogy."
E. Mike Inez
Mike Inez is an American bassist best known for his long-time role in the rock band Alice in Chains and his previous work with Ozzy Osbourne.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Joe Perry (musician)
Target entity description: Joe Perry is an American rock guitarist best known as the lead guitarist and co-founder of the band Aerosmith.

A. Gregg Rolie
Gregg Rolie is an American keyboardist and singer best known as a founding member and original lead vocalist of both Santana and Journey.
B. Steven Tyler
Steven Tyler is an American rock singer best known as the flamboyant lead vocalist of the band Aerosmith.
C. Steve Perry
Steve Perry is an American rock singer best known as the former lead vocalist of the band Journey, recognized for his powerful tenor voice and hits like "Don't Stop Believin'."
D. Neal Schon
Neal Schon is an American rock guitarist and songwriter best known as the longtime lead guitarist and co-founder of the band Journey.
E. Dave Abbruzzese
Dave Abbruzzese is an American rock drummer best known for his work with Pearl Jam during their early 1990s commercial peak, including on the albums "Vs." and "Vitalogy."
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	guitarist ⓘ human ⓘ musician ⓘ rock guitarist ⓘ songwriter ⓘ
activeYearsStart	1960s ⓘ
associatedAct	Aerosmith ⓘ Brad Whitford ⓘ Hollywood Vampires ⓘ Steven Tyler ⓘ The Joe Perry Project ⓘ
awardReceived	Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ⓘ surface form: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction (with Aerosmith) Songwriters Hall of Fame induction ⓘ surface form: Songwriters Hall of Fame induction (with Aerosmith)
birthName	Anthony Joseph Pereira ⓘ
coFounderOf	Aerosmith ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1950-09-10 ⓘ
ethnicOrigin	Portuguese-American ⓘ
eyeColor	brown ⓘ
familyName	Pereira ⓘ
genre	blues rock ⓘ hard rock ⓘ rock and roll ⓘ
givenName	Anthony ⓘ
hairColor	dark brown ⓘ
hasChild	Adrian Perry ⓘ Tony Perry ⓘ
instrument	guitar ⓘ slide guitar ⓘ vocals ⓘ
memberOf	Aerosmith ⓘ
name	Joe Perry (musician) self-link ⓘ surface form: Joe Perry
notableInstrumentModel	Fender Stratocaster ⓘ Gibson Les Paul ⓘ surface form: Gibson Boneyard Les Paul Gibson Les Paul ⓘ
notableWork	Back in the Saddle ⓘ Dream On ⓘ Sweet Emotion ⓘ Walk This Way ⓘ Walk This Way ⓘ surface form: Walk This Way (Run–D.M.C. and Aerosmith version)
occupation	guitarist ⓘ musician ⓘ songwriter ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Lawrence, Massachusetts, United States ⓘ
previousSpouse	Elyssa Jerret ⓘ
recordLabel	Columbia Records ⓘ Sony Music Entertainment ⓘ surface form: Sony Music
residence	Massachusetts ⓘ surface form: Massachusetts, United States Vermont ⓘ surface form: Vermont, United States
spouse	Billie Paulette Montgomery ⓘ