No Use for a Name
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No Use for a Name was an influential American punk rock band known for its melodic skate punk sound and significant role in the 1990s punk revival.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| No Use for a Name canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6415420 — 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: No Use for a Name Context triple: [Fat Wreck Chords, notableArtist, No Use for a Name]
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A.
One More Name
"One More Name" is a country song featured on Dwight Yoakam's 1988 album *Buenas Noches from a Lonely Room*.
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B.
In Name Only
In Name Only is a 1939 romantic drama film starring Cary Grant and Carole Lombard, adapted from a novel and known for its blend of melodrama and emotional complexity.
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C.
My Name Is Nobody
My Name Is Nobody is a 1973 comedic Spaghetti Western film, directed by Tonino Valerii and produced by Sergio Leone, that playfully deconstructs the Western genre through the story of a young gunslinger idolizing an aging legend.
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D.
The Names
The Names is a 1982 novel by Don DeLillo that blends political intrigue, linguistic obsession, and expatriate life in Greece and the Middle East into a meditative exploration of language, violence, and meaning.
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E.
No Name Face
No Name Face is the debut studio album by American rock band Lifehouse, known for featuring their breakthrough hit single "Hanging by a Moment."
- 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: No Use for a Name Target entity description: No Use for a Name was an influential American punk rock band known for its melodic skate punk sound and significant role in the 1990s punk revival.
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A.
One More Name
"One More Name" is a country song featured on Dwight Yoakam's 1988 album *Buenas Noches from a Lonely Room*.
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B.
In Name Only
In Name Only is a 1939 romantic drama film starring Cary Grant and Carole Lombard, adapted from a novel and known for its blend of melodrama and emotional complexity.
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C.
My Name Is Nobody
My Name Is Nobody is a 1973 comedic Spaghetti Western film, directed by Tonino Valerii and produced by Sergio Leone, that playfully deconstructs the Western genre through the story of a young gunslinger idolizing an aging legend.
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D.
The Names
The Names is a 1982 novel by Don DeLillo that blends political intrigue, linguistic obsession, and expatriate life in Greece and the Middle East into a meditative exploration of language, violence, and meaning.
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E.
No Name Face
No Name Face is the debut studio album by American rock band Lifehouse, known for featuring their breakthrough hit single "Hanging by a Moment."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | punk rock band ⓘ |
| activeYearsEndYear | 2012 ⓘ |
| activeYearsStartYear | 1986 ⓘ |
| causeOfDissolution | death of Tony Sly ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| genre |
melodic hardcore
ⓘ
pop punk ⓘ punk rock ⓘ skate punk ⓘ |
| hasGenreCharacteristic | melodic skate punk sound ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
1990s punk rock scene
ⓘ
skate punk bands ⓘ |
| hasPart | No Use for a Name (touring lineup) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedGenre |
melodic punk
ⓘ
skate punk ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| locationOfFormation | Sunnyvale, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| member |
Boz Rivera
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Chris Rest NERFINISHED ⓘ Dave Nassie NERFINISHED ⓘ Ed Gregor NERFINISHED ⓘ Matt Riddle NERFINISHED ⓘ Robin Pfefer NERFINISHED ⓘ Rory Koff NERFINISHED ⓘ Steve Papoutsis NERFINISHED ⓘ Tony Sly NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | 1990s punk revival ⓘ |
| notableSong |
Dumb Reminders
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
International You Day NERFINISHED ⓘ Justified Black Eye NERFINISHED ⓘ Soulmate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
All the Best Songs
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Don't Miss the Train NERFINISHED ⓘ Hard Rock Bottom NERFINISHED ⓘ Incognito NERFINISHED ⓘ Keep Them Confused NERFINISHED ⓘ Leche Con Carne! NERFINISHED ⓘ Making Friends NERFINISHED ⓘ More Betterness! NERFINISHED ⓘ The Feel Good Record of the Year NERFINISHED ⓘ ¡Leche Con Carne! NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Cargo Music
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Fat Wreck Chords NERFINISHED ⓘ New Red Archives NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stateOfOrigin | California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| website | https://www.fatwreck.com/collections/no-use-for-a-name ⓘ |
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: No Use for a Name Description of subject: No Use for a Name was an influential American punk rock band known for its melodic skate punk sound and significant role in the 1990s punk revival.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.