Steve Jansen – drums, percussion
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Steve Jansen is an English drummer and percussionist best known as a founding member of the influential art pop and new wave band Japan.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Steve Jansen – drums, percussion canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18820137 — 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: Steve Jansen – drums, percussion Context triple: [Japan (band), roleOfMember, Steve Jansen – drums, percussion]
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A.
Stephen Perkins – drums
Stephen Perkins is an American drummer best known for his work with the alternative rock band Jane's Addiction and various related projects.
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B.
Steve Jordan (drums)
Steve Jordan is an American drummer, producer, and songwriter renowned for his work with artists like John Mayer, the Rolling Stones, and in the Saturday Night Live and Late Night with David Letterman bands.
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C.
Steve Foley – drums
Steve Foley was an American drummer best known for his work with the alternative rock band The Replacements in the early 1990s.
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D.
Bob Jenkins – drummer
Bob Jenkins is a drummer best known for playing with the rock band Dropbox.
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E.
Dave Weckl
Dave Weckl is an acclaimed American jazz fusion drummer renowned for his virtuosic technique and influential work with the Chick Corea Elektric Band and his own ensembles.
- 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: Steve Jansen – drums, percussion Target entity description: Steve Jansen is an English drummer and percussionist best known as a founding member of the influential art pop and new wave band Japan.
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A.
Stephen Perkins – drums
Stephen Perkins is an American drummer best known for his work with the alternative rock band Jane's Addiction and various related projects.
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B.
Steve Jordan (drums)
Steve Jordan is an American drummer, producer, and songwriter renowned for his work with artists like John Mayer, the Rolling Stones, and in the Saturday Night Live and Late Night with David Letterman bands.
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C.
Steve Foley – drums
Steve Foley was an American drummer best known for his work with the alternative rock band The Replacements in the early 1990s.
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D.
Bob Jenkins – drummer
Bob Jenkins is a drummer best known for playing with the rock band Dropbox.
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E.
Dave Weckl
Dave Weckl is an acclaimed American jazz fusion drummer renowned for his virtuosic technique and influential work with the Chick Corea Elektric Band and his own ensembles.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.