David Johansen Band
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The David Johansen Band is the solo rock project led by David Johansen, the frontman of the influential proto-punk group New York Dolls, known for energetic live performances and a blend of rock, blues, and glam influences.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| David Johansen Band canonical | 1 |
| David Johansen and the Harry Smiths | 1 |
| project "David Johansen and the Harry Smiths" | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5214940 — 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: David Johansen Band Context triple: [New York Dolls, associatedAct, David Johansen Band]
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A.
The Jim Carroll Band
The Jim Carroll Band was a punk rock group formed by poet and author Jim Carroll, best known for their 1980 album "Catholic Boy" and its hit single "People Who Died."
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B.
Richard Hell and the Voidoids
Richard Hell and the Voidoids were a pioneering New York punk rock band of the mid-1970s, known for their influential role in shaping the sound and style of early punk music.
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C.
Dee Dee Ramone and the Spikey Tops
Dee Dee Ramone and the Spikey Tops was a short-lived punk rock project led by Ramones bassist and songwriter Dee Dee Ramone, showcasing his post-Ramones material.
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D.
Patti Smith Group
Patti Smith Group was an influential American rock band of the 1970s, led by punk poet and singer Patti Smith and known for blending poetic lyrics with raw, energetic rock music.
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E.
John Coinman Band
John Coinman Band is an American roots-rock group led by singer-songwriter John Coinman, known for its Americana sound and collaborations with actor-musician Kevin Costner.
- 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: David Johansen Band Target entity description: The David Johansen Band is the solo rock project led by David Johansen, the frontman of the influential proto-punk group New York Dolls, known for energetic live performances and a blend of rock, blues, and glam influences.
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A.
The Jim Carroll Band
The Jim Carroll Band was a punk rock group formed by poet and author Jim Carroll, best known for their 1980 album "Catholic Boy" and its hit single "People Who Died."
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B.
Richard Hell and the Voidoids
Richard Hell and the Voidoids were a pioneering New York punk rock band of the mid-1970s, known for their influential role in shaping the sound and style of early punk music.
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C.
Dee Dee Ramone and the Spikey Tops
Dee Dee Ramone and the Spikey Tops was a short-lived punk rock project led by Ramones bassist and songwriter Dee Dee Ramone, showcasing his post-Ramones material.
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D.
Patti Smith Group
Patti Smith Group was an influential American rock band of the 1970s, led by punk poet and singer Patti Smith and known for blending poetic lyrics with raw, energetic rock music.
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E.
John Coinman Band
John Coinman Band is an American roots-rock group led by singer-songwriter John Coinman, known for its Americana sound and collaborations with actor-musician Kevin Costner.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | rock band ⓘ |
| activeStart | late 1970s ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | The David Johansen Band NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedAct | New York Dolls NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedGenreScene | New York rock scene ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| genre |
blues rock
ⓘ
glam rock ⓘ proto-punk ⓘ rock ⓘ |
| hasMember | David Johansen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMusicalStyle |
blues-influenced rock
ⓘ
club-oriented rock ⓘ high-energy rock ⓘ |
| hasPrimaryLanguage | English ⓘ |
| hasRelease |
David Johansen
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Here Comes the Night NERFINISHED ⓘ In Style NERFINISHED ⓘ Live It Up NERFINISHED ⓘ The David Johansen Group Live NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasType | solo project backing band ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
New York Dolls
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
glam rock ⓘ rhythm and blues ⓘ |
| leader | David Johansen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locationOfFormation | New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
blend of rock, blues, and glam influences
ⓘ
energetic live performances ⓘ |
| notableWork |
David Johansen (album)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Here Comes the Night (album) NERFINISHED ⓘ In Style (album) NERFINISHED ⓘ Live It Up (album) NERFINISHED ⓘ The David Johansen Group Live (album) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performerOf |
Cool Metro
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Donna NERFINISHED ⓘ Funky But Chic NERFINISHED ⓘ Girls NERFINISHED ⓘ Looking for a Kiss (live) NERFINISHED ⓘ Personality Crisis (live) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Blue Sky Records
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Epic Records ⓘ |
| touringRegion |
Europe
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| vocalist | David Johansen 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: David Johansen Band Description of subject: The David Johansen Band is the solo rock project led by David Johansen, the frontman of the influential proto-punk group New York Dolls, known for energetic live performances and a blend of rock, blues, and glam influences.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
New York Dolls
this entity surface form:
David Johansen and the Harry Smiths
this entity surface form:
project "David Johansen and the Harry Smiths"