Uncle Tupelo
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Uncle Tupelo was an influential American alternative country band from Illinois, best known for pioneering the alt-country genre in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Uncle Tupelo canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8483900 — 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: Uncle Tupelo Context triple: [Jeff Tweedy, memberOf, Uncle Tupelo]
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A.
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band is an influential American country-rock and folk-rock group best known for pioneering country-rock fusion and for their landmark collaborative album "Will the Circle Be Unbroken."
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B.
Wilco
Wilco is an American alternative rock band known for its genre-blending sound, introspective songwriting, and critically acclaimed albums like "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot."
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C.
New Grass Revival
New Grass Revival was an influential progressive bluegrass band known for blending traditional bluegrass with elements of jazz, rock, and country to help pioneer the "newgrass" movement.
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D.
Nickel Creek
Nickel Creek is an American progressive bluegrass band known for its virtuosic musicianship, genre-blending acoustic sound, and influential role in modernizing bluegrass music.
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E.
The Flying Burrito Brothers
The Flying Burrito Brothers were a pioneering American country rock band, co-founded by Gram Parsons, that helped shape the fusion of rock and traditional country music in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
- 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: Uncle Tupelo Target entity description: Uncle Tupelo was an influential American alternative country band from Illinois, best known for pioneering the alt-country genre in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
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A.
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band is an influential American country-rock and folk-rock group best known for pioneering country-rock fusion and for their landmark collaborative album "Will the Circle Be Unbroken."
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B.
Wilco
Wilco is an American alternative rock band known for its genre-blending sound, introspective songwriting, and critically acclaimed albums like "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot."
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C.
New Grass Revival
New Grass Revival was an influential progressive bluegrass band known for blending traditional bluegrass with elements of jazz, rock, and country to help pioneer the "newgrass" movement.
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D.
Nickel Creek
Nickel Creek is an American progressive bluegrass band known for its virtuosic musicianship, genre-blending acoustic sound, and influential role in modernizing bluegrass music.
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E.
The Flying Burrito Brothers
The Flying Burrito Brothers were a pioneering American country rock band, co-founded by Gram Parsons, that helped shape the fusion of rock and traditional country music in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
alternative country band
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band ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 1994 ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1987 ⓘ |
| album |
Anodyne
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
March 16–20, 1992 ⓘ No Depression NERFINISHED ⓘ Still Feel Gone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| compilationAlbum | 89/93: An Anthology NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| debutAlbum | No Depression NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| debutAlbumReleaseYear | 1990 ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Son Volt
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Wilco NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
Americana
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
alt-country ⓘ alternative country ⓘ country rock ⓘ folk rock ⓘ punk rock ⓘ roots rock ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
Drive-By Truckers
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Son Volt NERFINISHED ⓘ Whiskeytown NERFINISHED ⓘ Wilco NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasOriginalMember |
Jay Farrar
NERFINISHED
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Jeff Tweedy NERFINISHED ⓘ Mike Heidorn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedGenre |
Americana
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
alternative country ⓘ |
| locationOfFormation | Belleville, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| member |
Bill Belzer
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jay Farrar NERFINISHED ⓘ Jeff Tweedy NERFINISHED ⓘ John Stirratt NERFINISHED ⓘ Ken Coomer NERFINISHED ⓘ Max Johnston NERFINISHED ⓘ Mike Heidorn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableSong |
Chickamauga
NERFINISHED
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Graveyard Shift NERFINISHED ⓘ Screen Door NERFINISHED ⓘ Slate NERFINISHED ⓘ Whiskey Bottle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Anodyne
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
March 16–20, 1992 ⓘ No Depression NERFINISHED ⓘ Still Feel Gone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | The Primitives (Illinois band) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Rockville Records
NERFINISHED
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Sire Records NERFINISHED ⓘ Warner Bros. Records ⓘ |
| splitReason | creative differences ⓘ |
| stateOfFormation | Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearOfFormation | 1987 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Uncle Tupelo Description of subject: Uncle Tupelo was an influential American alternative country band from Illinois, best known for pioneering the alt-country genre in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.