Jello Biafra

Hardcore punk, Musical Artist

1958 –

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Who is Jello Biafra?

Jello Biafra is the former lead singer and songwriter for San Francisco punk rock band Dead Kennedys, and is currently a musician and spoken word artist. After he left the Dead Kennedys, he took over the influential independent record label Alternative Tentacles, which he had co-founded in 1979 with Dead Kennedys bandmate East Bay Ray. Although now focused primarily on spoken word, he has continued as a musician in numerous collaborations.

Politically, Biafra is a member of the Green Party of the United States and actively supports various political causes. He ran for the party's Presidential nomination in 2000, finishing second to Ralph Nader. He is a staunch believer in a free society, who utilizes shock value and advocates direct action and pranksterism in the name of political causes. Biafra is known to use absurdist media tactics, in the leftist tradition of the Yippies, to highlight issues of civil rights and social justice.

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Born
Jun 17, 1958
Boulder
Also known as
  • Eric Reed Boucher
  • Jello Biaffra
  • Osama McDonald
  • Count Ringworm
  • Dead Kennedys
  • Eric Boucher
  • Occupant
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Siblings
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Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • University of California, Santa Cruz
  • Boulder High School
Lived in
  • Boulder
  • San Francisco

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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