Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers

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Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers were a seminal New York punk rock band formed by former New York Dolls guitarist Johnny Thunders, known for their raw sound and influential role in the 1970s punk scene.

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Label	Occurrences
The Heartbreakers	9
Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20485961 — 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: Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers
Context triple: [Jungle Records, hasArtist, Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers]

A. Richard Hell and the Voidoids
Richard Hell and the Voidoids were a pioneering New York punk rock band of the mid-1970s, known for their influential role in shaping the sound and style of early punk music.
B. The New York Dolls
The New York Dolls were a pioneering 1970s New York rock band whose flamboyant style and raw sound helped lay the groundwork for punk rock.
C. The Fleshtones
The Fleshtones are an American rock band formed in the mid-1970s, known for their energetic blend of garage rock, punk, and R&B and their lively, theatrical performances.
D. The Cramps
The Cramps were an American punk band known for pioneering the psychobilly genre by blending rockabilly, garage rock, and horror-themed aesthetics.
E. The Pinheads
The Pinheads is the fictional rock band fronted by Marty McFly in the "Back to the Future" film series.
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: Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers
Target entity description: Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers were a seminal New York punk rock band formed by former New York Dolls guitarist Johnny Thunders, known for their raw sound and influential role in the 1970s punk scene.

A. Richard Hell and the Voidoids
Richard Hell and the Voidoids were a pioneering New York punk rock band of the mid-1970s, known for their influential role in shaping the sound and style of early punk music.
B. The New York Dolls
The New York Dolls were a pioneering 1970s New York rock band whose flamboyant style and raw sound helped lay the groundwork for punk rock.
C. The Fleshtones
The Fleshtones are an American rock band formed in the mid-1970s, known for their energetic blend of garage rock, punk, and R&B and their lively, theatrical performances.
D. The Cramps
The Cramps were an American punk band known for pioneering the psychobilly genre by blending rockabilly, garage rock, and horror-themed aesthetics.
E. The Pinheads
The Pinheads is the fictional rock band fronted by Marty McFly in the "Back to the Future" film series.
F. None of above. chosen