You Know They Got a Hell of a Band (short story)
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"You Know They Got a Hell of a Band" is a horror short story by Stephen King about a couple who stumble upon a sinister small town populated by the undead spirits of famous rock musicians.
All labels observed (1)
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| You Know They Got a Hell of a Band (short story) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13238473 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: You Know They Got a Hell of a Band (short story) Context triple: [Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King, basedOnWork, You Know They Got a Hell of a Band (short story)]
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The Ballad of Cable Hogue
The Ballad of Cable Hogue is a 1970 Western comedy-drama film that blends offbeat humor and elegiac themes in telling the story of a desert-stranded prospector who builds a way station around a discovered water source.
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B.
Don’t Tell the Band
Don’t Tell the Band is a studio album by American jam rock band Widespread Panic, showcasing their improvisational Southern rock style.
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C.
Strike Up the Band
"Strike Up the Band" is a 1940 MGM musical film starring Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney, known for its lively song-and-dance numbers and classic big-band era style.
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D.
Strike Up the Band
"Strike Up the Band" is a popular George and Ira Gershwin show tune that has become a jazz standard frequently interpreted by big bands and vocalists.
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E.
Goin Band
Goin Band is the marching band of Texas Tech University, known for its spirited performances at athletic events and university functions.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: You Know They Got a Hell of a Band (short story) Target entity description: "You Know They Got a Hell of a Band" is a horror short story by Stephen King about a couple who stumble upon a sinister small town populated by the undead spirits of famous rock musicians.
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A.
The Ballad of Cable Hogue
The Ballad of Cable Hogue is a 1970 Western comedy-drama film that blends offbeat humor and elegiac themes in telling the story of a desert-stranded prospector who builds a way station around a discovered water source.
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B.
Don’t Tell the Band
Don’t Tell the Band is a studio album by American jam rock band Widespread Panic, showcasing their improvisational Southern rock style.
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C.
Strike Up the Band
"Strike Up the Band" is a 1940 MGM musical film starring Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney, known for its lively song-and-dance numbers and classic big-band era style.
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D.
Strike Up the Band
"Strike Up the Band" is a popular George and Ira Gershwin show tune that has become a jazz standard frequently interpreted by big bands and vocalists.
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E.
Goin Band
Goin Band is the marching band of Texas Tech University, known for its spirited performances at athletic events and university functions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
horror fiction
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short story ⓘ |
| adaptation | Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King (TV series episode) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| adaptationReleaseYear | 2006 ⓘ |
| adaptationType | television episode ⓘ |
| author | Stephen King ⓘ |
| centralConflict | couple trapped in town of undead rock musicians ⓘ |
| collectionPublicationYear | 1993 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| featuresFictionalCharacter |
Buddy Holly (fictionalized spirit)
NERFINISHED
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Elvis Presley (fictionalized spirit) NERFINISHED ⓘ Janis Joplin (fictionalized spirit) NERFINISHED ⓘ Jimi Hendrix (fictionalized spirit) NERFINISHED ⓘ Roy Orbison (fictionalized spirit) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1992 ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | Shock Rock NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublishedInType | anthology GENERATED ⓘ |
| genre |
horror
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supernatural fiction ⓘ |
| hasMediaType |
print
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television (adaptation) ⓘ |
| hasPageCountRange | approximately 30–40 pages (in collection editions) ⓘ |
| includedInCollection | Nightmares & Dreamscapes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includedInGenreCategory |
American horror short stories
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short fiction by Stephen King ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor | depicting afterlife town of dead rock stars ⓘ |
| partOf | Stephen King bibliography NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonist |
Clark
NERFINISHED
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Mary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisherOfFirstBookCollection | Viking Press NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
Oregon
NERFINISHED
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fictional town of Rock and Roll Heaven ⓘ |
| theme |
celebrity worship
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death ⓘ entrapment ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | late 20th century ⓘ |
| titleOrigin | lyric allusion to rock-and-roll culture ⓘ |
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Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King
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You Know They Got a Hell of a Band (short story)
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