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Jello Biafra
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American singer and activist (born 1958)
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Jello Biafra, born Eric Reed Boucher in 1958 in Boulder, Colorado, is an American singer, actor, and politician. He is known for his work in the punk rock genre and has been associated with the record label Alternative Tentacles. His career began in 1976, and he resides in San Francisco. Biafra is also a human rights defender and a member of the Green Party of the United States.
He has released works such as *Smashed Hits*, *Become the Media*, and *If Evolution Is Outlawed*. Biafra has been convicted of fraud and identifies as an atheist. He speaks American English and has used the pseudonym Jello Biafra, which is named after Jell-O and the Biafra region. His artistic output includes spoken word and political themes, and he has been described by sources such as UbuWeb.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1958
- Works
- 11
Top works
- Smashed hits
- Become the Media
- Henry Rollins, Billy Childish, Jello Biafra, Lawrence Ferlinghetti
- If Evolution Is Outlawed
- In the Grip of Official Treason
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Film & TV
Boulder, Colorado, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jello Biafra (born Eric Reed Boucher; June 17, 1958) is an American musician, spoken word artist and leading figure of the Green Party of the United States. Biafra first gained attention as the lead singer and songwriter for San Francisco punk rock band Dead Kennedys. After his time with the band concluded, he took over the influential independent record…
Known for
- Hell Nation - The Story of Dead Kennedys2026
- Hacking at Leaves — Self2024
- Born to Be Wild: The Story of Steppenwolf — Self2024
- Solvent — Nazi (voice)2024
- Something Better Change — Self2024
- Cover Your Ears — Self2023
- All You Can Eat — Answering Machine Man (voice)2022
- Sound of the Surf — Self2022
- The Mojo Manifesto: The Life and Times of Mojo Nixon — Self2022
- 2020: The Dumpster Fire — Contributor2021
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- Listeners
- 79,619
- Total plays
- 807,154
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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.
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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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Boucher
- Named after
- Biafra
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Boulder
- Occupation
- environmentalist
- 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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- Commons category
- Jello Biafra
- date of birth
- 1958-06-17
- described by source
- UbuWeb
- start of work period
- 1976-00-00
- pseudonym
- Jello Biafra
- birth name
- Eric Reed Boucher
- name in native language
- Eric Boucher
- writing language
- English language
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Encyclopedic overview
Eric Reed Boucher (born June 17, 1958), known professionally as Jello Biafra, is an American singer, spoken word artist and political activist. He is the former lead singer and songwriter for the San Francisco punk rock band Dead Kennedys.
Initially active from 1979 to 1986, Dead Kennedys were known for rapid-fire music topped with Biafra's sardonic lyrics and biting social commentary, delivered in his "unique quiver of a voice". When the band broke up in 1986, he took over the influential independent record label Alternative Tentacles, which he had founded in 1979 with Dead Kennedys bandmate East Bay Ray. In a 2000 lawsuit, upheld on appeal in 2003 by the California Supreme Court, Biafra was found liable for breach of contract, fraud, and malice in withholding a decade's worth of royalties from his former bandmates and ordered to pay over $200,000 in compensation and punitive damages; the band subsequently reformed without Biafra. Although now focused primarily on spoken word performances, Biafra has continued as a musician in numerous collaborations. From 1979 to 1981, he contributed to the San Francisco punk zine Damage. He has also occasionally appeared in cameo roles in films.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jello Biafra” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.