Swervedriver
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Swervedriver is an English alternative rock band, often associated with the shoegaze scene of the early 1990s, known for their heavy, guitar-driven sound and melodic songwriting.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Swervedriver canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7943375 — 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: Swervedriver Context triple: [Creation Records, signedArtist, Swervedriver]
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A.
Royal Trux
Royal Trux is an American experimental rock duo known for their lo-fi, noise-infused sound and influential role in the 1990s indie and underground rock scenes.
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B.
The Jesus Lizard
The Jesus Lizard is an influential American noise rock band known for its abrasive sound, intense live performances, and prominent role in the 1990s underground rock scene.
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C.
Sebadoh
Sebadoh is an influential American indie rock band, co-founded by Lou Barlow, known for pioneering the lo-fi aesthetic of the late 1980s and 1990s underground music scene.
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D.
Slint
Slint is an influential American rock band from Louisville, Kentucky, widely credited with helping pioneer the post-rock and math rock genres through their intricate, atmospheric sound and the landmark album "Spiderland."
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E.
The Red Krayola
The Red Krayola is an experimental rock band formed in the 1960s known for its avant-garde, psychedelic sound and influential role in underground music.
- 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: Swervedriver Target entity description: Swervedriver is an English alternative rock band, often associated with the shoegaze scene of the early 1990s, known for their heavy, guitar-driven sound and melodic songwriting.
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A.
Royal Trux
Royal Trux is an American experimental rock duo known for their lo-fi, noise-infused sound and influential role in the 1990s indie and underground rock scenes.
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B.
The Jesus Lizard
The Jesus Lizard is an influential American noise rock band known for its abrasive sound, intense live performances, and prominent role in the 1990s underground rock scene.
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C.
Sebadoh
Sebadoh is an influential American indie rock band, co-founded by Lou Barlow, known for pioneering the lo-fi aesthetic of the late 1980s and 1990s underground music scene.
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D.
Slint
Slint is an influential American rock band from Louisville, Kentucky, widely credited with helping pioneer the post-rock and math rock genres through their intricate, atmospheric sound and the landmark album "Spiderland."
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E.
The Red Krayola
The Red Krayola is an experimental rock band formed in the 1960s known for its avant-garde, psychedelic sound and influential role in underground music.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
rock band
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shoegaze band ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod | early 1990s ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Creation Records shoegaze roster ⓘ |
| associatedWithScene | early 1990s shoegaze scene ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | England ⓘ |
| debutAlbum | Raise NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| formedIn | Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| formedInCountry | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
alternative rock
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indie rock ⓘ noise pop ⓘ shoegaze ⓘ space rock ⓘ |
| hasEP |
Never Lose That Feeling
NERFINISHED
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Rave Down NERFINISHED ⓘ Sandblasted NERFINISHED ⓘ Son of Mustang Ford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Adam Franklin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Adrian "Adi" Vines NERFINISHED ⓘ Graham Bonnar NERFINISHED ⓘ Jeremy "Jez" Hindmarsh NERFINISHED ⓘ Jez Hindmarsh NERFINISHED ⓘ Jimmy Hartridge NERFINISHED ⓘ Mark Refoy NERFINISHED ⓘ Mikey Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ Patrick Hannan NERFINISHED ⓘ Steve George NERFINISHED ⓘ Steve Queralt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRelease |
99th Dream
NERFINISHED
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Ejector Seat Reservation NERFINISHED ⓘ Future Ruins NERFINISHED ⓘ I Wasn’t Born to Lose You NERFINISHED ⓘ Mezcal Head NERFINISHED ⓘ Raise NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSingle |
Duel
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
For Seeking Heat NERFINISHED ⓘ Last Train to Satansville NERFINISHED ⓘ Rave Down NERFINISHED ⓘ Sandblasted NERFINISHED ⓘ Setting Sun NERFINISHED ⓘ Son of Mustang Ford NERFINISHED ⓘ These Times NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Dinosaur Jr.
NERFINISHED
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My Bloody Valentine NERFINISHED ⓘ Sonic Youth NERFINISHED ⓘ The Stooges NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
heavy guitar-driven sound
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melodic songwriting ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
A&M Records
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Creation Records NERFINISHED ⓘ DGC Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Swervedriver Description of subject: Swervedriver is an English alternative rock band, often associated with the shoegaze scene of the early 1990s, known for their heavy, guitar-driven sound and melodic songwriting.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.