Dead Kennedys
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Dead Kennedys are an influential American punk rock band from San Francisco, known for their politically charged lyrics, satirical social commentary, and role in shaping the hardcore punk movement of the late 1970s and 1980s.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dead Kennedys canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5081380 — 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: Dead Kennedys Context triple: [Fantasy Studios, notableClient, Dead Kennedys]
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A.
Rancid
Rancid is an American punk rock band known for reviving and popularizing ska-influenced street punk in the 1990s.
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B.
The Germs
The Germs were a pioneering late-1970s Los Angeles punk rock band known for their chaotic performances and major influence on the American punk scene.
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C.
The Cramps
The Cramps were an American punk band known for pioneering the psychobilly genre by blending rockabilly, garage rock, and horror-themed aesthetics.
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D.
Screeching Weasel
Screeching Weasel is an American punk rock band known for its influential role in the pop-punk scene since the late 1980s.
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E.
Bad Religion
Bad Religion is an American punk rock band known for its fast-paced melodic sound, politically charged lyrics, and significant influence on the 1980s and 1990s punk revival.
- 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: Dead Kennedys Target entity description: Dead Kennedys are an influential American punk rock band from San Francisco, known for their politically charged lyrics, satirical social commentary, and role in shaping the hardcore punk movement of the late 1970s and 1980s.
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A.
Rancid
Rancid is an American punk rock band known for reviving and popularizing ska-influenced street punk in the 1990s.
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B.
The Germs
The Germs were a pioneering late-1970s Los Angeles punk rock band known for their chaotic performances and major influence on the American punk scene.
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C.
The Cramps
The Cramps were an American punk band known for pioneering the psychobilly genre by blending rockabilly, garage rock, and horror-themed aesthetics.
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D.
Screeching Weasel
Screeching Weasel is an American punk rock band known for its influential role in the pop-punk scene since the late 1980s.
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E.
Bad Religion
Bad Religion is an American punk rock band known for its fast-paced melodic sound, politically charged lyrics, and significant influence on the 1980s and 1990s punk revival.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
hardcore punk band
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punk rock band ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 1986 ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart |
1978
ⓘ
2001 ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School of Medicine
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedMovement |
American punk rock
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hardcore punk ⓘ |
| bassist | Klaus Flouride NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| dateOfFormation | 1978 ⓘ |
| debutAlbum | Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| debutAlbumReleaseYear | 1980 ⓘ |
| drummer |
D.H. Peligro
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ted NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundingMember |
6025
ⓘ
East Bay Ray NERFINISHED ⓘ Jello Biafra NERFINISHED ⓘ Klaus Flouride NERFINISHED ⓘ Ted NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
alternative rock
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hardcore punk ⓘ political punk ⓘ post-punk ⓘ punk rock ⓘ surf punk ⓘ |
| guitarist | East Bay Ray NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedGenre |
hardcore punk
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political punk rock ⓘ |
| locationOfFormation | San Francisco NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| lyricalFocus |
anti-authoritarianism
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political satire ⓘ social commentary ⓘ |
| notableSong |
California Über Alles
NERFINISHED
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Holiday in Cambodia NERFINISHED ⓘ Kill the Poor NERFINISHED ⓘ Police Truck NERFINISHED ⓘ Too Drunk to Fuck NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Bedtime for Democracy
NERFINISHED
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Frankenchrist NERFINISHED ⓘ Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables NERFINISHED ⓘ Plastic Surgery Disasters NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originCity | San Francisco NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Alternative Tentacles
NERFINISHED
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Cherry Red Records NERFINISHED ⓘ Manifesto Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stateOfFormation | California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| vocalist | Jello Biafra 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: Dead Kennedys Description of subject: Dead Kennedys are an influential American punk rock band from San Francisco, known for their politically charged lyrics, satirical social commentary, and role in shaping the hardcore punk movement of the late 1970s and 1980s.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Fantasy Studios