Mike Ness
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Mike Ness is an American musician best known as the lead singer, guitarist, and primary songwriter of the punk rock band Social Distortion.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Mike Ness canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21992419 — 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: Mike Ness Context triple: [Social Distortion, hasMember, Mike Ness]
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A.
Mike Watt
Mike Watt is an influential American bassist and songwriter best known for his work with the punk band Minutemen and numerous other alternative rock projects.
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B.
Anton Fier
Anton Fier was an American drummer, producer, and bandleader best known for his work with The Feelies, The Lounge Lizards, and as founder of The Golden Palominos.
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C.
Richard Lloyd
Richard Lloyd is an American guitarist best known as a founding member of the influential rock band Television and for his work as a session musician and solo artist.
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D.
Rick Van Santen
Rick Van Santen was a prominent concert promoter and co-founder of the influential live music company Goldenvoice, known for helping shape Southern California’s punk and alternative music scenes.
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E.
Robert Pollard
Robert Pollard is an American singer-songwriter and prolific frontman of the indie rock band Guided by Voices, known for his lo-fi aesthetic and vast catalog of songs.
- 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: Mike Ness Target entity description: Mike Ness is an American musician best known as the lead singer, guitarist, and primary songwriter of the punk rock band Social Distortion.
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A.
Mike Watt
Mike Watt is an influential American bassist and songwriter best known for his work with the punk band Minutemen and numerous other alternative rock projects.
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B.
Anton Fier
Anton Fier was an American drummer, producer, and bandleader best known for his work with The Feelies, The Lounge Lizards, and as founder of The Golden Palominos.
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C.
Richard Lloyd
Richard Lloyd is an American guitarist best known as a founding member of the influential rock band Television and for his work as a session musician and solo artist.
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D.
Rick Van Santen
Rick Van Santen was a prominent concert promoter and co-founder of the influential live music company Goldenvoice, known for helping shape Southern California’s punk and alternative music scenes.
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E.
Robert Pollard
Robert Pollard is an American singer-songwriter and prolific frontman of the indie rock band Guided by Voices, known for his lo-fi aesthetic and vast catalog of songs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.