Silver Bullet Band
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The Silver Bullet Band is the longtime backing group best known for supporting American rock singer-songwriter Bob Seger on his classic recordings and tours.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band | 9 |
| Silver Bullet Band canonical | 8 |
| The Silver Bullet Band | 4 |
| Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6477116 — 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: Silver Bullet Band Context triple: [Bob Seger, memberOf, Silver Bullet Band]
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A.
Goldman Band
The Goldman Band was a prominent American concert band based in New York City, renowned for its outdoor performances and contributions to the popularization of band music in the 20th century.
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B.
John Coinman Band
John Coinman Band is an American roots-rock group led by singer-songwriter John Coinman, known for its Americana sound and collaborations with actor-musician Kevin Costner.
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C.
The Hot Band
The Hot Band was Emmylou Harris’s acclaimed backing group in the 1970s, known for its virtuoso country-rock musicians and influential role in shaping her signature sound.
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D.
The James Gang
The James Gang was an American rock band formed in the late 1960s, best known for its hard rock sound and for launching guitarist Joe Walsh’s career.
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E.
S.O.S. Band
The S.O.S. Band is an American R&B and electro-funk group best known for their early-1980s hits like "Take Your Time (Do It Right)" and their influential, polished sound.
- 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: Silver Bullet Band Target entity description: The Silver Bullet Band is the longtime backing group best known for supporting American rock singer-songwriter Bob Seger on his classic recordings and tours.
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A.
Goldman Band
The Goldman Band was a prominent American concert band based in New York City, renowned for its outdoor performances and contributions to the popularization of band music in the 20th century.
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B.
John Coinman Band
John Coinman Band is an American roots-rock group led by singer-songwriter John Coinman, known for its Americana sound and collaborations with actor-musician Kevin Costner.
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C.
The Hot Band
The Hot Band was Emmylou Harris’s acclaimed backing group in the 1970s, known for its virtuoso country-rock musicians and influential role in shaping her signature sound.
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D.
The James Gang
The James Gang was an American rock band formed in the late 1960s, best known for its hard rock sound and for launching guitarist Joe Walsh’s career.
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E.
S.O.S. Band
The S.O.S. Band is an American R&B and electro-funk group best known for their early-1980s hits like "Take Your Time (Do It Right)" and their influential, polished sound.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | rock band ⓘ |
| activePeriodStart | 1970s ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band
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linked to:
Silver Bullet Band
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| associatedAct | Bob Seger ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| genre |
heartland rock
ⓘ
rock ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Alto Reed
ⓘ
Charlie Allen Martin ⓘ Chris Campbell ⓘ Craig Frost ⓘ David Teegarden ⓘ Drew Abbott ⓘ Robyn Robbins ⓘ |
| instrumentation |
bass guitar
ⓘ
drums ⓘ guitar ⓘ keyboards ⓘ saxophone ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band
ⓘ
linked to:
Silver Bullet Band
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| notableFor |
backing Bob Seger on concert tours
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backing Bob Seger on studio recordings ⓘ |
| notableLiveAlbumAppearance |
Live Bullet
ⓘ
Nine Tonight ⓘ |
| notableSongPerformance |
Against the Wind
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Hollywood Nights ⓘ Mainstreet ⓘ Night Moves ⓘ Old Time Rock and Roll ⓘ Still the Same ⓘ Turn the Page (live versions) ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Against the Wind (as backing band)
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linked to:
Against the Wind
Live Bullet (as backing band) ⓘ
linked to:
Live Bullet
Night Moves (as backing band) ⓘ
linked to:
Night Moves
Nine Tonight (as backing band) ⓘ
linked to:
Nine Tonight
Stranger in Town (as backing band) ⓘ
linked to:
Stranger in Town
The Distance (as backing band) ⓘ
linked to:
The Distance
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| primaryCollaborator | Bob Seger ⓘ |
| styleCharacteristic |
arena rock performance style
ⓘ
heartland rock sound ⓘ saxophone-driven arrangements ⓘ |
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: Silver Bullet Band Description of subject: The Silver Bullet Band is the longtime backing group best known for supporting American rock singer-songwriter Bob Seger on his classic recordings and tours.
Referenced by (23)
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