Candlebox
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Candlebox is an American rock band, prominent in the 1990s post-grunge scene and best known for hits like "Far Behind" and "You."
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Candlebox canonical | 9 |
| Candlebox (Candlebox album) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6102375 — 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: Candlebox Context triple: [London Bridge Studio, notableClient, Candlebox]
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A.
The Red Krayola
The Red Krayola is an experimental rock band formed in the 1960s known for its avant-garde, psychedelic sound and influential role in underground music.
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B.
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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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.
Mudcrutch
Mudcrutch was an American rock band best known as Tom Petty’s pre-Heartbreakers group, blending country rock and Southern rock influences in the early 1970s.
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E.
The Black Angels
The Black Angels are an American psychedelic rock band from Austin, Texas, known for their dark, drone-heavy sound and revival of 1960s-style psych rock.
- 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: Candlebox Target entity description: Candlebox is an American rock band, prominent in the 1990s post-grunge scene and best known for hits like "Far Behind" and "You."
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A.
The Red Krayola
The Red Krayola is an experimental rock band formed in the 1960s known for its avant-garde, psychedelic sound and influential role in underground music.
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B.
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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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.
Mudcrutch
Mudcrutch was an American rock band best known as Tom Petty’s pre-Heartbreakers group, blending country rock and Southern rock influences in the early 1970s.
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E.
The Black Angels
The Black Angels are an American psychedelic rock band from Austin, Texas, known for their dark, drone-heavy sound and revival of 1960s-style psych rock.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bassist
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drummer ⓘ guitarist ⓘ rock band ⓘ singer ⓘ |
| activePeriodStart | 1990 ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Live
ⓘ
The Gracious Few ⓘ Ugly Kid Joe ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| formedIn | Seattle ⓘ |
| formedInYear | 1990 ⓘ |
| genre |
alternative rock
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grunge ⓘ post-grunge ⓘ rock ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Bardi Martin
ⓘ
Kevin Martin ⓘ Peter Klett ⓘ Scott Mercado ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Candlebox
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Candlebox ⓘ Candlebox ⓘ Candlebox ⓘ |
| notableAlbum |
Candlebox
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Disappearing in Airports ⓘ Happy Pills ⓘ Into the Sun ⓘ Love Stories & Other Musings ⓘ Lucy ⓘ The Long Goodbye ⓘ Wolves ⓘ |
| notableSong |
Change
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Cover Me ⓘ Far Behind ⓘ You ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Change
ⓘ
Cover Me ⓘ Far Behind ⓘ Happy Pills ⓘ Simple Lessons ⓘ You ⓘ |
| occupation |
musician
ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ |
| origin | Seattle, Washington, United States ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Maverick Records
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Pavement Music ⓘ Round Hill Records ⓘ Silent Majority Group ⓘ Warner Bros. Records ⓘ |
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: Candlebox Description of subject: Candlebox is an American rock band, prominent in the 1990s post-grunge scene and best known for hits like "Far Behind" and "You."
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Candlebox