Richie Kotzen
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Richie Kotzen is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter known for his virtuosic playing and work in bands like Poison, Mr. Big, and The Winery Dogs.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Richie Kotzen canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20435691 — 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: Richie Kotzen Context triple: [Billy Sheehan, associatedAct, Richie Kotzen]
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A.
Tommy Shaw
Tommy Shaw is an American rock musician, singer, and songwriter best known as a longtime guitarist and vocalist for the band Styx.
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B.
John Corabi
John Corabi is an American hard rock singer and guitarist best known for his work with bands like Mötley Crüe, The Scream, and Ratt.
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C.
Stephen Pearcy
Stephen Pearcy is an American singer best known as the lead vocalist and founding member of the glam metal band Ratt, prominent in the 1980s hard rock scene.
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D.
Bret Michaels
Bret Michaels is an American singer, songwriter, and reality television personality best known as the lead vocalist of the glam metal band Poison.
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E.
Tommy Thayer
Tommy Thayer is an American guitarist best known as the lead guitarist for the rock band Kiss, where he performs in the "Spaceman" persona originally made famous by Ace Frehley.
- 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: Richie Kotzen Target entity description: Richie Kotzen is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter known for his virtuosic playing and work in bands like Poison, Mr. Big, and The Winery Dogs.
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A.
Tommy Shaw
Tommy Shaw is an American rock musician, singer, and songwriter best known as a longtime guitarist and vocalist for the band Styx.
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B.
John Corabi
John Corabi is an American hard rock singer and guitarist best known for his work with bands like Mötley Crüe, The Scream, and Ratt.
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C.
Stephen Pearcy
Stephen Pearcy is an American singer best known as the lead vocalist and founding member of the glam metal band Ratt, prominent in the 1980s hard rock scene.
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D.
Bret Michaels
Bret Michaels is an American singer, songwriter, and reality television personality best known as the lead vocalist of the glam metal band Poison.
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E.
Tommy Thayer
Tommy Thayer is an American guitarist best known as the lead guitarist for the rock band Kiss, where he performs in the "Spaceman" persona originally made famous by Ace Frehley.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.