Greg Ginn
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Greg Ginn is an American guitarist, songwriter, and founder of the influential punk band Black Flag, as well as a key figure in the development of the U.S. hardcore punk scene.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Greg Ginn canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7235323 — 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: Greg Ginn Context triple: [SST Records, foundedBy, Greg Ginn]
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A.
Mike Inez
Mike Inez is an American bassist best known for his long-time role in the rock band Alice in Chains and his previous work with Ozzy Osbourne.
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B.
Glen Matlock
Glen Matlock is an English bassist and songwriter best known as a founding member of the pioneering punk rock band the Sex Pistols.
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C.
Paul Bostaph
Paul Bostaph is an American heavy metal drummer best known for his work with the thrash metal band Slayer.
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D.
Jonathan William Davis
Jonathan William Davis, better known by his stage name Q-Tip, is an influential American rapper, producer, and member of the pioneering hip hop group A Tribe Called Quest.
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E.
Michael Andrew McKagan
Michael Andrew McKagan is an American musician best known as Duff McKagan, the longtime bassist of the rock band Guns N' Roses.
- 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: Greg Ginn Target entity description: Greg Ginn is an American guitarist, songwriter, and founder of the influential punk band Black Flag, as well as a key figure in the development of the U.S. hardcore punk scene.
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A.
Mike Inez
Mike Inez is an American bassist best known for his long-time role in the rock band Alice in Chains and his previous work with Ozzy Osbourne.
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B.
Glen Matlock
Glen Matlock is an English bassist and songwriter best known as a founding member of the pioneering punk rock band the Sex Pistols.
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C.
Paul Bostaph
Paul Bostaph is an American heavy metal drummer best known for his work with the thrash metal band Slayer.
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D.
Jonathan William Davis
Jonathan William Davis, better known by his stage name Q-Tip, is an influential American rapper, producer, and member of the pioneering hip hop group A Tribe Called Quest.
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E.
Michael Andrew McKagan
Michael Andrew McKagan is an American musician best known as Duff McKagan, the longtime bassist of the rock band Guns N' Roses.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American musician
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guitarist ⓘ human ⓘ songwriter ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1970s ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Black Flag
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Gone ⓘ Greg Ginn and the Taylor Texas Corrugators ⓘ Mojack ⓘ October Faction ⓘ |
| associatedMovement | hardcore punk movement ⓘ |
| associatedScene | Southern California punk scene ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1954-06-08 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Tucson, Arizona, United States ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| familyName | Ginn ⓘ |
| founded |
Black Flag
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SST Records ⓘ |
| genre |
alternative rock
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experimental rock ⓘ hardcore punk ⓘ punk rock ⓘ |
| givenName | Greg ⓘ |
| influenced |
American hardcore punk bands
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independent punk musicians ⓘ |
| influencedGenre |
U.S. hardcore punk
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underground punk rock ⓘ |
| instrument |
bass guitar
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electric guitar ⓘ |
| memberOf | Black Flag ⓘ |
| name | Greg Ginn ⓘ |
| notableFor |
developing independent punk touring networks in the U.S.
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pioneering hardcore punk guitar style ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Black Flag
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SST Records ⓘ |
| occupation |
bandleader
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guitarist ⓘ record producer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ |
| recordLabel | SST Records ⓘ |
| residence | California, United States ⓘ |
| roleInBand |
Black Flag bandleader
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Black Flag guitarist ⓘ Black Flag primary songwriter ⓘ |
| sibling | Raymond Pettibon ⓘ |
| styleCharacteristic |
fast, dissonant guitar playing
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use of atonal and free-jazz-influenced guitar lines ⓘ |
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: Greg Ginn Description of subject: Greg Ginn is an American guitarist, songwriter, and founder of the influential punk band Black Flag, as well as a key figure in the development of the U.S. hardcore punk scene.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.