Clive Burr
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Clive Burr was an English drummer best known for his influential work on Iron Maiden’s early albums, helping define the band’s classic heavy metal sound.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Clive Burr canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5875617 — 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: Clive Burr Context triple: [Iron Maiden, formerMember, Clive Burr]
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A.
Paul Di'Anno
Paul Di'Anno is a British heavy metal singer best known as the original lead vocalist on Iron Maiden’s first two studio albums.
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B.
K.K. Downing
K.K. Downing is an English guitarist and songwriter best known as a founding member and longtime lead guitarist of the heavy metal band Judas Priest.
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C.
Ian Paice
Ian Paice is an English rock drummer best known as the longtime drummer for Deep Purple and for his work with other hard rock bands.
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D.
Glenn Tipton
Glenn Tipton is an English guitarist and songwriter best known as a longtime member and lead guitarist of the heavy metal band Judas Priest.
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E.
Cliff Williams
Cliff Williams is an English musician best known as the longtime bassist and backing vocalist for the Australian rock band AC/DC.
- 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: Clive Burr Target entity description: Clive Burr was an English drummer best known for his influential work on Iron Maiden’s early albums, helping define the band’s classic heavy metal sound.
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A.
Paul Di'Anno
Paul Di'Anno is a British heavy metal singer best known as the original lead vocalist on Iron Maiden’s first two studio albums.
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B.
K.K. Downing
K.K. Downing is an English guitarist and songwriter best known as a founding member and longtime lead guitarist of the heavy metal band Judas Priest.
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C.
Ian Paice
Ian Paice is an English rock drummer best known as the longtime drummer for Deep Purple and for his work with other hard rock bands.
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D.
Glenn Tipton
Glenn Tipton is an English guitarist and songwriter best known as a longtime member and lead guitarist of the heavy metal band Judas Priest.
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E.
Cliff Williams
Cliff Williams is an English musician best known as the longtime bassist and backing vocalist for the Australian rock band AC/DC.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English person
ⓘ
drummer ⓘ human ⓘ musician ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Desperado
NERFINISHED
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Elixir NERFINISHED ⓘ Gogmagog NERFINISHED ⓘ Iron Maiden NERFINISHED ⓘ Samson NERFINISHED ⓘ Trust NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | complications of multiple sclerosis ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1957-03-08 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2013-03-12 ⓘ |
| diagnosedWith | multiple sclerosis ⓘ |
| endTimeInBand_IronMaiden | 1982 ⓘ |
| familyName | Burr NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Clive Ronald Burr NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
hard rock
ⓘ
heavy metal ⓘ |
| givenName | Clive NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMemorial | Clive Burr MS Trust Fund NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| honoredBy | Iron Maiden benefit concerts for MS fund ⓘ |
| influencedGenre | New Wave of British Heavy Metal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| instrument | drum kit ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Dee Snider’s Desperado
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Elixir NERFINISHED ⓘ Gogmagog NERFINISHED ⓘ Iron Maiden NERFINISHED ⓘ Samson NERFINISHED ⓘ Trust NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Iron Maiden (album)
NERFINISHED
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Killers (album) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Number of the Beast (album) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
drummer
ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
London, England
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surface form:
London
|
| placeOfDeath |
London, England
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surface form:
London
|
| recordedAlbumWith |
Iron Maiden (album)
NERFINISHED
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Killers (album) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Number of the Beast (album) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| replacedByInIronMaiden | Nicko McBrain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| replacedInIronMaiden | Doug Sampson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTimeInBand_IronMaiden | 1979 ⓘ |
| styleCharacteristic |
fast, energetic drumming
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use of galloping rhythms ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Clive Burr Description of subject: Clive Burr was an English drummer best known for his influential work on Iron Maiden’s early albums, helping define the band’s classic heavy metal sound.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.