Jane's Addiction
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Jane's Addiction is an influential American alternative rock band from Los Angeles, known for pioneering the late-1980s alt-rock movement and helping launch the Lollapalooza festival.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jane's Addiction canonical | 10 |
| Jane’s Addiction | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4610799 — 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: Jane's Addiction Context triple: [Dave Navarro, memberOf, Jane's Addiction]
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A.
Screaming Trees
Screaming Trees were an American rock band from Washington state, often associated with the grunge movement and known for their psychedelic-influenced alternative rock sound.
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B.
Faith No More
Faith No More is an American rock band known for pioneering alternative metal by blending heavy metal, funk, punk, and experimental elements, most famously on their 1989 album "The Real Thing."
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C.
Throwing Muses
Throwing Muses is an influential American alternative rock band formed in the early 1980s, known for their unconventional song structures and the songwriting of Kristin Hersh.
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D.
The Jesus Lizard
The Jesus Lizard is an influential American noise rock band known for its abrasive sound, intense live performances, and prominent role in the 1990s underground rock scene.
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E.
Rancid
Rancid is an American punk rock band known for reviving and popularizing ska-influenced street punk in the 1990s.
- 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: Jane's Addiction Target entity description: Jane's Addiction is an influential American alternative rock band from Los Angeles, known for pioneering the late-1980s alt-rock movement and helping launch the Lollapalooza festival.
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A.
Screaming Trees
Screaming Trees were an American rock band from Washington state, often associated with the grunge movement and known for their psychedelic-influenced alternative rock sound.
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B.
Faith No More
Faith No More is an American rock band known for pioneering alternative metal by blending heavy metal, funk, punk, and experimental elements, most famously on their 1989 album "The Real Thing."
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C.
Throwing Muses
Throwing Muses is an influential American alternative rock band formed in the early 1980s, known for their unconventional song structures and the songwriting of Kristin Hersh.
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D.
The Jesus Lizard
The Jesus Lizard is an influential American noise rock band known for its abrasive sound, intense live performances, and prominent role in the 1990s underground rock scene.
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E.
Rancid
Rancid is an American punk rock band known for reviving and popularizing ska-influenced street punk in the 1990s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
alternative rock band
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musical group ⓘ rock band ⓘ |
| activePeriod |
1985–1991
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1997 ⓘ 2001–2004 ⓘ 2008–present ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Deconstruction
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Infectious Grooves NERFINISHED ⓘ Porno for Pyros NERFINISHED ⓘ Psi Com NERFINISHED ⓘ Red Hot Chili Peppers NERFINISHED ⓘ Satellite Party NERFINISHED ⓘ The Panic Channel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| formerMember |
Chris Chaney
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Flea NERFINISHED ⓘ Martyn LeNoble NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| founder |
Dave Navarro
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Eric Avery NERFINISHED ⓘ Perry Farrell NERFINISHED ⓘ Stephen Perkins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
alternative metal
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alternative rock ⓘ art rock ⓘ funk rock ⓘ hard rock ⓘ psychedelic rock ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced | alternative rock movement of the late 1980s ⓘ |
| inception | 1985 ⓘ |
| member |
Dave Navarro
NERFINISHED
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Eric Avery NERFINISHED ⓘ Perry Farrell NERFINISHED ⓘ Stephen Perkins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent | co-founded Lollapalooza festival ⓘ |
| notableSong |
Been Caught Stealing
NERFINISHED
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Irresistible Force NERFINISHED ⓘ Jane Says NERFINISHED ⓘ Just Because NERFINISHED ⓘ Mountain Song NERFINISHED ⓘ Ocean Size NERFINISHED ⓘ Stop! NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Jane's Addiction (live album)
NERFINISHED
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Kettle Whistle NERFINISHED ⓘ Nothing's Shocking NERFINISHED ⓘ Ritual de lo Habitual NERFINISHED ⓘ Strays NERFINISHED ⓘ The Great Escape Artist NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| origin | Los Angeles, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Triple X Records
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Warner Bros. Records ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Jane's Addiction Description of subject: Jane's Addiction is an influential American alternative rock band from Los Angeles, known for pioneering the late-1980s alt-rock movement and helping launch the Lollapalooza festival.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Jane’s Addiction
this entity surface form:
Jane’s Addiction