drummer Mick Woodmansey
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Mick Woodmansey is an English rock drummer best known as the drummer for David Bowie's backing band, the Spiders from Mars, during Bowie's early 1970s glam rock era.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| drummer Mick Woodmansey canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18147281 — 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: drummer Mick Woodmansey Context triple: [The Spiders from Mars, hasInstrumentalist, drummer Mick Woodmansey]
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A.
Dave Mattacks
Dave Mattacks is an English drummer best known for his work with the folk-rock band Fairport Convention and as a prolific session musician with numerous prominent artists.
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B.
Nigel Olsson
Nigel Olsson is an English rock drummer and longtime member of Elton John’s band, known for his distinctive, melodic drumming style and backing vocals on many of John’s classic albums and tours.
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C.
Mick Avory
Mick Avory is an English rock drummer best known as the longtime drummer for the influential British band The Kinks during their classic 1960s and 1970s period.
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D.
Mick Ward
Mick Ward is a musician best known for his work with the band Kingfish.
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E.
Philip Selway
Philip Selway is an English musician best known as the drummer of the alternative rock band Radiohead.
- 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: drummer Mick Woodmansey Target entity description: Mick Woodmansey is an English rock drummer best known as the drummer for David Bowie's backing band, the Spiders from Mars, during Bowie's early 1970s glam rock era.
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A.
Dave Mattacks
Dave Mattacks is an English drummer best known for his work with the folk-rock band Fairport Convention and as a prolific session musician with numerous prominent artists.
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B.
Nigel Olsson
Nigel Olsson is an English rock drummer and longtime member of Elton John’s band, known for his distinctive, melodic drumming style and backing vocals on many of John’s classic albums and tours.
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C.
Mick Avory
Mick Avory is an English rock drummer best known as the longtime drummer for the influential British band The Kinks during their classic 1960s and 1970s period.
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D.
Mick Ward
Mick Ward is a musician best known for his work with the band Kingfish.
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E.
Philip Selway
Philip Selway is an English musician best known as the drummer of the alternative rock band Radiohead.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.