Mission of Burma
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Mission of Burma is an influential American post-punk band from Boston, known for their innovative use of noise, tape loops, and dynamic song structures in the early 1980s underground rock scene.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Mission of Burma canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6701596 — 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: Mission of Burma Context triple: [Rykodisc, releasedMusicOf, Mission of Burma]
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A.
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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B.
Slint
Slint is an influential American rock band from Louisville, Kentucky, widely credited with helping pioneer the post-rock and math rock genres through their intricate, atmospheric sound and the landmark album "Spiderland."
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C.
Agnostic Front
Agnostic Front is a pioneering New York hardcore punk band known for its influential role in shaping the 1980s hardcore and crossover thrash scenes.
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D.
Dinosaur Jr.
Dinosaur Jr. is an influential American alternative rock band formed in the 1980s, known for its loud, distorted guitar sound, melodic songwriting, and the distinctive vocals and guitar work of frontman J Mascis.
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E.
Black Flag
Black Flag is a pioneering American hardcore punk band known for its aggressive sound, DIY ethic, and major influence on the punk and alternative music scenes.
- 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: Mission of Burma Target entity description: Mission of Burma is an influential American post-punk band from Boston, known for their innovative use of noise, tape loops, and dynamic song structures in the early 1980s underground rock scene.
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A.
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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B.
Slint
Slint is an influential American rock band from Louisville, Kentucky, widely credited with helping pioneer the post-rock and math rock genres through their intricate, atmospheric sound and the landmark album "Spiderland."
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C.
Agnostic Front
Agnostic Front is a pioneering New York hardcore punk band known for its influential role in shaping the 1980s hardcore and crossover thrash scenes.
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D.
Dinosaur Jr.
Dinosaur Jr. is an influential American alternative rock band formed in the 1980s, known for its loud, distorted guitar sound, melodic songwriting, and the distinctive vocals and guitar work of frontman J Mascis.
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E.
Black Flag
Black Flag is a pioneering American hardcore punk band known for its aggressive sound, DIY ethic, and major influence on the punk and alternative music scenes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
post-punk band
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rock band ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod | early 1980s ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Birdsongs of the Mesozoic
NERFINISHED
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Consonant ⓘ Kustomized NERFINISHED ⓘ Volcano Suns NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedIn | Boston NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| debutAlbum | Vs. ⓘ |
| debutEP | Signals, Calls, and Marches NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| disbandedInYear | 1983 ⓘ |
| formedIn | Boston NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| formedInYear | 1979 ⓘ |
| genre |
alternative rock
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indie rock ⓘ noise rock ⓘ post-punk ⓘ |
| hasFormerMember | Martin Swope NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Clint Conley
NERFINISHED
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Martin Swope NERFINISHED ⓘ Peter Prescott NERFINISHED ⓘ Roger Miller NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTouringMember | Bob Weston NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Nirvana
NERFINISHED
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Pixies NERFINISHED ⓘ R.E.M. NERFINISHED ⓘ Sonic Youth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedGenre |
alternative rock
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indie rock ⓘ post-punk revival ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
dynamic song structures
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innovative use of noise ⓘ use of tape loops ⓘ |
| notableSong |
Academy Fight Song
NERFINISHED
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That’s When I Reach for My Revolver NERFINISHED ⓘ This Is Not a Photograph NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
ONoffON
NERFINISHED
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Signals, Calls, and Marches NERFINISHED ⓘ The Obliterati NERFINISHED ⓘ Unsound NERFINISHED ⓘ Vs. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | American underground rock scene ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Ace of Hearts Records
NERFINISHED
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Matador Records NERFINISHED ⓘ Rykodisc NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reformedInYear | 2002 ⓘ |
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: Mission of Burma Description of subject: Mission of Burma is an influential American post-punk band from Boston, known for their innovative use of noise, tape loops, and dynamic song structures in the early 1980s underground rock scene.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Bob Weston