Jello Biafra

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Type

Person

Active from

1958-06-17

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Eric Reed Boucher (born June 17, 1958) is more widely known by the stage name Jello Biafra. A punk rock musician, political activist and owner of an influential record label, he is best known for his time as the lead singer and song writer for San Francisco punk band, the Dead Kennedys. After his time with the band concluded, he continued as a musician in numerous collaborations and as a spoken word artist. Through his record label, Alternative Tentacles, he released many of his own recordings.

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

1. An amygdalar neural ensemble that encodes the unpleasantness of pain

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2. Diametric neural ensemble dynamics in parkinsonian and dyskinetic states

   · 2018 · cited 345x

3. Neuronal Representation of Social Information in the Medial Amygdala of Awake Behaving Mice

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4. SIRT1 collaborates with ATM and HDAC1 to maintain genomic stability in neurons

   · 2013 · cited 218x

5. Kilohertz two-photon brain imaging in awake mice

   · 2019 · cited 108x

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Quotes

• “I am Emperor Ronald ReaganBorn again with fascist cravingsStill, you made me president Human rights will soon go 'wayI am now your todayNow I command all of youNow you're going to pray in schoolI'll make sure they're Christian too...You'll go quitely to boot campThey'll shoot you dead, make you a manDon't you worry, it's for a causeFeeding global corporations' claws Die on our brand new poison gasEl Salvador or AfghanistanMaking money for President ReaganAnd all the friends of President Reagan”
• “Shut up, be happy. Obey all orders without question. The happiness you have demanded is now mandatory.”
• “"Buy my soda!" said the Moose Diarrhea Salesman. And we did. We all did. But when we got it home and opened up the package, it was not what they said it was. And rather than chucking it all and searching for something better, we're content with looking for another Moose Diarrhea Salesman.”
• “Here we are at the gates of the great and powerful OZ! And we have come for your children! We are the REAL Politically Incorrect ! Our lives are not Charmed ! We WORK for a living! When was the last time [network television] admitted we even EXIST? Roseanne ? Sanford and Son ? Taxi ? [disgusted] Jerry Springer ! Our young people are NOT Teenage Witches! Nor are they Clueless! Fact is, they neither have NOR WANT ANYTHING in common with Dawson's Creek, Popular or Spoiled White Rich BABIES 90210 !”
• “And we will NOT let Campbell's Soup, Old Navy, or anybody ELSE, HAMMER into the minds of girls as YOUNG as SIX YEARS OLD that they should ALWAYS hate their bodies and ALWAYS be on a diet!”
• “We don't need a flat tax, but a flattening tax, to truly level the playing field.”

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Key facts

Also known as

Count Ringworm Jr. Hozicon

Born

Eric Reed Boucher , ( 1958-06-17 ) June 17, 1958 (age 67) , Boulder, Colorado , U.S.

Genres

Punk rock spoken word hardcore punk

Occupations

Singer speaker politician

Years active

1976–present

Label

Alternative Tentacles

Member of

Lard Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School of Medicine

Formerly of

Dead Kennedys Witch Trials Tumor Circus No WTO Combo Brujeria

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Key dates

Born

17 June 1958

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Family name

Boucher

Named after

Biafra

Gender

male

Citizenship

United States

Place of birth

Boulder

Occupation

musician

Political party

Green Party of the United States

Languages spoken

English language

Native language

English language

Religion

atheism

Genre

punk rock

Instrument

voice

Record label

Alternative Tentacles

Image

Jello Biafra 2014.jpg

Residence

San Francisco

Convicted of

fraud

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