American Bad Ass (as Kid Rock’s backing band)
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American Bad Ass is a hard-rock and rap-infused anthem by Kid Rock, performed with his backing band Twisted Brown Trucker and known for its aggressive style and prominent use of a Metallica sample.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| American Bad Ass (as Kid Rock’s backing band) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4357321 — 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: American Bad Ass (as Kid Rock’s backing band) Context triple: [Twisted Brown Trucker, notableSongContributions, American Bad Ass (as Kid Rock’s backing band)]
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A.
Velvet Revolver
Velvet Revolver was a hard rock supergroup formed in the early 2000s by former Guns N' Roses members alongside vocalist Scott Weiland of Stone Temple Pilots.
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B.
Army Mule
Army Mule is the live animal mascot representing the United States Military Academy’s athletic teams, symbolizing strength, endurance, and the historic role of mules in the U.S. Army.
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C.
Ugly Kid Joe
Ugly Kid Joe is an American rock band known for its blend of hard rock, heavy metal, and humor-laced lyrics, which brought them mainstream success in the early 1990s.
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D.
Bring da Ruckus
"Bring da Ruckus" is the hard-hitting opening track by the Wu-Tang Clan that sets the raw, gritty tone for their landmark debut album.
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E.
Rock or Bust
Rock or Bust is a 2014 hard rock studio album by Australian band AC/DC, known for its high-energy sound and being one of the last albums to feature founding guitarist Malcolm Young.
- 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: American Bad Ass (as Kid Rock’s backing band) Target entity description: American Bad Ass is a hard-rock and rap-infused anthem by Kid Rock, performed with his backing band Twisted Brown Trucker and known for its aggressive style and prominent use of a Metallica sample.
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A.
Velvet Revolver
Velvet Revolver was a hard rock supergroup formed in the early 2000s by former Guns N' Roses members alongside vocalist Scott Weiland of Stone Temple Pilots.
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B.
Army Mule
Army Mule is the live animal mascot representing the United States Military Academy’s athletic teams, symbolizing strength, endurance, and the historic role of mules in the U.S. Army.
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C.
Ugly Kid Joe
Ugly Kid Joe is an American rock band known for its blend of hard rock, heavy metal, and humor-laced lyrics, which brought them mainstream success in the early 1990s.
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D.
Bring da Ruckus
"Bring da Ruckus" is the hard-hitting opening track by the Wu-Tang Clan that sets the raw, gritty tone for their landmark debut album.
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E.
Rock or Bust
Rock or Bust is a 2014 hard rock studio album by Australian band AC/DC, known for its high-energy sound and being one of the last albums to feature founding guitarist Malcolm Young.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| album | The History of Rock NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artist | Kid Rock NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedDomain | professional wrestling ⓘ |
| associatedWith | The Undertaker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| backingBand | Twisted Brown Trucker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chronology | Kid Rock singles ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| featuresInstrument |
bass guitar
ⓘ
drums ⓘ electric guitar ⓘ |
| featuresVocalStyle |
rapping
ⓘ
shouted vocals ⓘ |
| followsSingle | Only God Knows Why NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
hard rock
ⓘ
rap metal ⓘ rap rock ⓘ |
| hasMusicVideo | yes ⓘ |
| hasSample | Sad but True NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricalTheme |
American bravado
ⓘ
rebellion ⓘ |
| musicalStyle | aggressive ⓘ |
| musicVideoDirector | Dave Meyers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
blend of rap and hard rock
ⓘ
prominent use of a Metallica sample ⓘ |
| partOf | The History of Rock NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performer |
Kid Rock
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Twisted Brown Trucker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precedesSingle | Forever NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer |
John Travis
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kid Rock NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Atlantic Records
ⓘ
Lava Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDecade | 2000s ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2000 ⓘ |
| sampledArtist | Metallica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sampleType | guitar riff ⓘ |
| usedAs | entrance theme ⓘ |
| writer |
James Hetfield
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jason Newsted NERFINISHED ⓘ Kid Rock NERFINISHED ⓘ Kirk Hammett NERFINISHED ⓘ Lars Ulrich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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: American Bad Ass (as Kid Rock’s backing band) Description of subject: American Bad Ass is a hard-rock and rap-infused anthem by Kid Rock, performed with his backing band Twisted Brown Trucker and known for its aggressive style and prominent use of a Metallica sample.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.