Devo
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Devo is an American new wave band known for its quirky, satirical style and pioneering use of synthesizers in late 1970s and 1980s rock music.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Devo canonical | 11 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3579931 — 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: Devo Context triple: [Mark Mothersbaugh, memberOf, Devo]
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A.
Deftones
Deftones is an American alternative metal band from Sacramento, California, known for blending heavy riffs with atmospheric and experimental soundscapes.
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B.
Slint
Slint is an influential American rock band from Louisville, Kentucky, widely credited with helping pioneer the post-rock and math rock genres through their intricate, atmospheric sound and the landmark album "Spiderland."
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C.
Deck
Deck, better known as Inspectah Deck, is an American rapper and producer famed as a core member of the Wu-Tang Clan and for his intricate, influential verses and beats.
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D.
Hole
Hole is an American alternative rock band formed in 1989 by singer-guitarist Courtney Love, known for its raw, aggressive sound and influential role in the 1990s grunge and punk scenes.
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E.
Papa Roach
Papa Roach is an American rock band best known for their early 2000s nu metal and alternative rock hits like "Last Resort."
- 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: Devo Target entity description: Devo is an American new wave band known for its quirky, satirical style and pioneering use of synthesizers in late 1970s and 1980s rock music.
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A.
Deftones
Deftones is an American alternative metal band from Sacramento, California, known for blending heavy riffs with atmospheric and experimental soundscapes.
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B.
Slint
Slint is an influential American rock band from Louisville, Kentucky, widely credited with helping pioneer the post-rock and math rock genres through their intricate, atmospheric sound and the landmark album "Spiderland."
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C.
Deck
Deck, better known as Inspectah Deck, is an American rapper and producer famed as a core member of the Wu-Tang Clan and for his intricate, influential verses and beats.
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D.
Hole
Hole is an American alternative rock band formed in 1989 by singer-guitarist Courtney Love, known for its raw, aggressive sound and influential role in the 1990s grunge and punk scenes.
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E.
Papa Roach
Papa Roach is an American rock band best known for their early 2000s nu metal and alternative rock hits like "Last Resort."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (65)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American rock band
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new wave band ⓘ |
| activeStartYear | 1973 ⓘ |
| album |
Duty Now for the Future
ⓘ
surface form:
“Duty Now for the Future”
Freedom of Choice ⓘ
surface form:
“Freedom of Choice”
New Traditionalists ⓘ
surface form:
“New Traditionalists”
Oh, No! It’s Devo ⓘ
surface form:
“Oh, No! It’s Devo”
Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! ⓘ
surface form:
“Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!”
Shout ⓘ
surface form:
“Shout”
Smooth Noodle Maps ⓘ
surface form:
“Smooth Noodle Maps”
“Something for Everybody” ⓘ Total Devo ⓘ
surface form:
“Total Devo”
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| associatedAct |
Gerald Casale solo
ⓘ
Mark Mothersbaugh solo ⓘ Mutato Muzika ⓘ Nine Inch Nails ⓘ The Wipeouters ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| formedIn |
Akron, Ohio, United States
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surface form:
Akron, Ohio
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| genre |
alternative rock
ⓘ
art rock ⓘ experimental rock ⓘ new wave ⓘ post-punk ⓘ punk rock ⓘ synth-pop ⓘ |
| hasConcept | de-evolution ⓘ |
| influenced |
Beck
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Nine Inch Nails ⓘ Talking Heads ⓘ The Flaming Lips ⓘ Weezer ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Brian Eno
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Captain Beefheart ⓘ David Bowie ⓘ Kraftwerk ⓘ The Stooges ⓘ |
| lyricalTheme |
dehumanization by technology
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political and social commentary ⓘ satire of consumer culture ⓘ |
| member |
Alan Myers
ⓘ
Bob Casale ⓘ Bob Mothersbaugh ⓘ Gerald Casale ⓘ Jeff Friedl ⓘ Josh Freese ⓘ Josh Hager ⓘ Mark Mothersbaugh ⓘ |
| notableAppearance |
Saturday Night Live
ⓘ
“Urgh! A Music War” ⓘ |
| notableFor |
pioneering use of synthesizers in rock music
ⓘ
quirky satirical style ⓘ |
| notableWork |
“Beautiful World”
ⓘ
Freedom of Choice ⓘ
surface form:
“Freedom of Choice”
Girl U Want ⓘ
surface form:
“Girl U Want”
“Jocko Homo” ⓘ “Mongoloid” ⓘ Whip It ⓘ
surface form:
“Whip It”
|
| recordLabel |
Enigma Records
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Reprise Records ⓘ Rykodisc ⓘ Warner Bros. Records ⓘ |
| visualTrademark |
energy dome hats
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matching industrial uniforms ⓘ |
| yearsActive | 1973–present ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Devo Description of subject: Devo is an American new wave band known for its quirky, satirical style and pioneering use of synthesizers in late 1970s and 1980s rock music.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Mark Mothersbaugh