Full Tilt Boogie Band
E455797
Full Tilt Boogie Band was the Canadian rock group that served as Janis Joplin’s final backing band, known for its blues-rock sound and live performances with her in 1970.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Full Tilt Boogie Band canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4649934 — 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: Full Tilt Boogie Band Context triple: [Janis Joplin, memberOf, Full Tilt Boogie Band]
-
A.
The Hot Band
The Hot Band was Emmylou Harris’s acclaimed backing group in the 1970s, known for its virtuoso country-rock musicians and influential role in shaping her signature sound.
-
B.
Oingo Boingo
Oingo Boingo was an American new wave band known for its quirky, high-energy style and theatrical performances, led by composer and singer Danny Elfman.
-
C.
Goldman Band
The Goldman Band was a prominent American concert band based in New York City, renowned for its outdoor performances and contributions to the popularization of band music in the 20th century.
-
D.
Aristocrat of Bands
Aristocrat of Bands is the renowned marching band of Tennessee State University, celebrated for its high-energy performances, precision drills, and influential role in HBCU band culture.
-
E.
Strike Up the Band
"Strike Up the Band" is a 1940 MGM musical film starring Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney, known for its lively song-and-dance numbers and classic big-band era style.
- 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: Full Tilt Boogie Band Target entity description: Full Tilt Boogie Band was the Canadian rock group that served as Janis Joplin’s final backing band, known for its blues-rock sound and live performances with her in 1970.
-
A.
The Hot Band
The Hot Band was Emmylou Harris’s acclaimed backing group in the 1970s, known for its virtuoso country-rock musicians and influential role in shaping her signature sound.
-
B.
Oingo Boingo
Oingo Boingo was an American new wave band known for its quirky, high-energy style and theatrical performances, led by composer and singer Danny Elfman.
-
C.
Goldman Band
The Goldman Band was a prominent American concert band based in New York City, renowned for its outdoor performances and contributions to the popularization of band music in the 20th century.
-
D.
Aristocrat of Bands
Aristocrat of Bands is the renowned marching band of Tennessee State University, celebrated for its high-energy performances, precision drills, and influential role in HBCU band culture.
-
E.
Strike Up the Band
"Strike Up the Band" is a 1940 MGM musical film starring Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney, known for its lively song-and-dance numbers and classic big-band era style.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Canadian musical group
ⓘ
rock band ⓘ |
| activeYearsEndYear | 1971 ⓘ |
| activeYearsStartYear | 1969 ⓘ |
| associatedAct | Janis Joplin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Canada ⓘ |
| disbandedAfter | death of Janis Joplin ⓘ |
| formedFrom | musicians from Ontario, Canada ⓘ |
| genre |
blues rock
ⓘ
psychedelic rock ⓘ rock ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentalFocus |
bass guitar
ⓘ
drums ⓘ guitar ⓘ keyboards ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Brad Campbell
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Clark Pierson NERFINISHED ⓘ John Till NERFINISHED ⓘ Ken Pearson NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Bell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasReputation |
key part of Janis Joplin’s final sound
ⓘ
tight, professional backing ensemble ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
blues
ⓘ
rock and roll ⓘ soul ⓘ |
| knownFor |
blues-rock sound
ⓘ
energetic live performances ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Janis Joplin and the Full Tilt Boogie Band NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAs | final backing band of Janis Joplin ⓘ |
| notableEvent | Festival Express 1970 tour NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableRecordingContext | studio and live recordings with Janis Joplin in 1970 ⓘ |
| notableSongPerformancesWithJanisJoplin |
Cry Baby
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Get It While You Can NERFINISHED ⓘ Me and Bobby McGee NERFINISHED ⓘ Move Over NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Festival Express performances
ⓘ
Pearl (as backing band) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Janis Joplin’s Kozmic Blues/Full Tilt era live shows NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performedWith | Janis Joplin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordedWith | Janis Joplin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roleInJanisJoplinCareer |
backing band for Pearl sessions
ⓘ
touring band in 1970 ⓘ |
| yearOfCollaborationWithJanisJoplin | 1970 ⓘ |
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: Full Tilt Boogie Band Description of subject: Full Tilt Boogie Band was the Canadian rock group that served as Janis Joplin’s final backing band, known for its blues-rock sound and live performances with her in 1970.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.