Atomizer
E417072
Atomizer is a seminal 1986 noise rock album by Big Black, noted for its abrasive sound, drum machine rhythms, and influential role in underground rock.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Atomizer canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4161267 — 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: Atomizer Context triple: [Songs About Fucking, precededBy, Atomizer]
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A.
Philortyx
Philortyx is a genus of New World quails known for their ground-dwelling habits and occurrence in scrub and grassland habitats of the Americas.
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B.
Stomio
Stomio is a small coastal village in Greece known for its location near the mouth of the Pineios River on the Aegean Sea.
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C.
Vane
Vane is an English surname historically associated with several notable aristocratic and political families in Britain.
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D.
Gorgophone
Gorgophone is a figure in Greek mythology, traditionally known as a daughter of Perseus and Andromeda and noted as one of the first women to remarry after being widowed.
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E.
Shannon Blowtorch
Shannon Blowtorch is a Minneapolis-based DJ and producer known for her work in the local music scene and collaborations with various indie and hip-hop artists.
- 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: Atomizer Target entity description: Atomizer is a seminal 1986 noise rock album by Big Black, noted for its abrasive sound, drum machine rhythms, and influential role in underground rock.
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A.
Philortyx
Philortyx is a genus of New World quails known for their ground-dwelling habits and occurrence in scrub and grassland habitats of the Americas.
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B.
Stomio
Stomio is a small coastal village in Greece known for its location near the mouth of the Pineios River on the Aegean Sea.
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C.
Vane
Vane is an English surname historically associated with several notable aristocratic and political families in Britain.
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D.
Gorgophone
Gorgophone is a figure in Greek mythology, traditionally known as a daughter of Perseus and Andromeda and noted as one of the first women to remarry after being widowed.
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E.
Shannon Blowtorch
Shannon Blowtorch is a Minneapolis-based DJ and producer known for her work in the local music scene and collaborations with various indie and hip-hop artists.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
album
ⓘ
studio album ⓘ |
| artist | Big Black NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| criticalReception | critically acclaimed ⓘ |
| featuresInstrument | drum machine ⓘ |
| genre |
noise rock
ⓘ
post-hardcore ⓘ post-punk ⓘ |
| hasCoverArtBy | Steve Albini NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNotableTrack |
Jordan, Minnesota
ⓘ
Kerosene ⓘ |
| hasTrack |
Bad Houses
ⓘ
Big Money ⓘ Cables ⓘ Fists of Love ⓘ Jordan, Minnesota ⓘ Kerosene ⓘ Passing Complexion ⓘ Pigeon Kill ⓘ Racer-X ⓘ Strange Things ⓘ |
| influencedArtistCommunity | American underground rock bands ⓘ |
| influencedGenre |
noise rock
ⓘ
post-hardcore ⓘ underground rock ⓘ |
| isConsidered |
influential underground rock album
ⓘ
seminal noise rock album ⓘ |
| label |
Homestead Records
ⓘ
Touch and Go Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| length | approximately 35 minutes ⓘ |
| mainSongwriter | Steve Albini NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nextWorkInArtistDiscography | Headache ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic |
abrasive sound
ⓘ
confrontational lyrics ⓘ harsh guitar tones ⓘ use of drum machine rhythms ⓘ |
| originalReleaseDate | 1986-04-01 ⓘ |
| performer | Big Black NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performerMember |
Dave Riley
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Santiago Durango NERFINISHED ⓘ Steve Albini NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| previousWorkInArtistDiscography | Racer-X ⓘ |
| producer |
Big Black
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Steve Albini NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordedIn | 1985 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1986 ⓘ |
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: Atomizer Description of subject: Atomizer is a seminal 1986 noise rock album by Big Black, noted for its abrasive sound, drum machine rhythms, and influential role in underground rock.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.