Skid Row (Irish band)
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Skid Row is an Irish blues-rock band best known for featuring guitarist Gary Moore early in his career.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Skid Row (Irish band) canonical | 34 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1249464 — 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: Skid Row (Irish band) Context triple: [Gary Moore, memberOf, Skid Row (Irish band)]
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A.
Orange Order
The Orange Order is a Protestant fraternal organization originating in Ireland, known for promoting unionism and organizing parades, particularly in Northern Ireland.
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B.
The Stone Roses
The Stone Roses are an influential English rock band from Manchester, widely credited with pioneering the late-1980s Madchester scene by blending alternative rock, psychedelia, and dance music.
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C.
Manic Street Preachers
Manic Street Preachers are a Welsh alternative rock band known for their politically charged lyrics, anthemic sound, and enduring influence on British rock since the early 1990s.
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D.
Mother Love Bone
Mother Love Bone was an influential late-1980s Seattle rock band that helped pioneer the grunge movement and served as a precursor to Pearl Jam.
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E.
Siouxsie and the Banshees
Siouxsie and the Banshees were an influential English post-punk and gothic rock band, led by singer Siouxsie Sioux, known for their dark, innovative sound and lasting impact on alternative music.
- 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: Skid Row (Irish band) Target entity description: Skid Row is an Irish blues-rock band best known for featuring guitarist Gary Moore early in his career.
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A.
Orange Order
The Orange Order is a Protestant fraternal organization originating in Ireland, known for promoting unionism and organizing parades, particularly in Northern Ireland.
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B.
The Stone Roses
The Stone Roses are an influential English rock band from Manchester, widely credited with pioneering the late-1980s Madchester scene by blending alternative rock, psychedelia, and dance music.
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C.
Manic Street Preachers
Manic Street Preachers are a Welsh alternative rock band known for their politically charged lyrics, anthemic sound, and enduring influence on British rock since the early 1990s.
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D.
Mother Love Bone
Mother Love Bone was an influential late-1980s Seattle rock band that helped pioneer the grunge movement and served as a precursor to Pearl Jam.
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E.
Siouxsie and the Banshees
Siouxsie and the Banshees were an influential English post-punk and gothic rock band, led by singer Siouxsie Sioux, known for their dark, innovative sound and lasting impact on alternative music.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Irish rock band
ⓘ
blues rock band ⓘ |
| activePeriodStart |
1967
ⓘ
late 1960s ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Brush Shiels
ⓘ
Gary Moore ⓘ Thin Lizzy ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Ireland ⓘ |
| differentiatedBy | Irish origin and blues-rock style ⓘ |
| era |
early 1970s rock
ⓘ
late 1960s rock ⓘ |
| genre |
blues rock
ⓘ
rock ⓘ |
| hasAlbum |
34 Hours
ⓘ
34 Hours (1971 album) ⓘ Skid ⓘ Skid Row (1970 album) ⓘ |
| hasFormerMember |
Gary Moore
ⓘ
Phil Lynott ⓘ |
| hasLiveReputation | energetic blues-rock performances ⓘ |
| hasMemberRole |
Brendan “Brush” Shiels – bass guitar, vocals
ⓘ
Gary Moore – guitar ⓘ Noel Bridgeman – drums ⓘ Phil Lynott – vocals, bass (early lineup) ⓘ
linked to:
Phil Lynott
|
| hasNotableSong |
“An Awful Lot of Woman”
ⓘ
“Mad Dog Woman” ⓘ “Night of the Warm Witch” ⓘ |
| hasPrimaryInstrument |
bass guitar
ⓘ
drums ⓘ electric guitar ⓘ |
| influenced | Irish rock scene of the late 1960s and early 1970s ⓘ |
| languageOfLyrics | English ⓘ |
| locationOfFormation |
Dublin
ⓘ
Ireland ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being an early professional band of Gary Moore
ⓘ
featuring guitarist Gary Moore early in his career ⓘ including future Thin Lizzy members Gary Moore and Phil Lynott at different times ⓘ |
| notableMember |
Brendan “Brush” Shiels
ⓘ
Gary Moore ⓘ Noel Bridgeman ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
CBS Records
ⓘ
Epic Records ⓘ |
| scene | Dublin rock scene ⓘ |
| sharesNameWith |
Skid Row (American band)
ⓘ
linked to:
Skid Row
|
| style | blues-influenced rock ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Skid Row (Irish band) Description of subject: Skid Row is an Irish blues-rock band best known for featuring guitarist Gary Moore early in his career.
Referenced by (34)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Brendan “Brush” Shiels
subject linked to:
34 Hours (1971 album)
subject linked to:
34 Hours (1971 album)
subject linked to:
34 Hours (1971 album)
subject linked to:
“Night of the Warm Witch”
subject linked to:
“Night of the Warm Witch”
subject linked to:
“Night of the Warm Witch”
subject linked to:
“Night of the Warm Witch”
subject linked to:
“Mad Dog Woman”
subject linked to:
“Mad Dog Woman”
subject linked to:
“Mad Dog Woman”
subject linked to:
“Mad Dog Woman”
subject linked to:
“Mad Dog Woman”
subject linked to:
“An Awful Lot of Woman”
subject linked to:
“An Awful Lot of Woman”
subject linked to:
“An Awful Lot of Woman”
subject linked to:
“An Awful Lot of Woman”
subject linked to:
Philip