Redd Kross
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Redd Kross is an American alternative rock band known for its blend of punk, power pop, and glam influences, active since the late 1970s Los Angeles underground scene.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Redd Kross canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10973310 — 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: Redd Kross Context triple: [Brian Reitzell, memberOf, Redd Kross]
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A.
Menomena
Menomena is an experimental indie rock band from Portland, Oregon, known for its inventive song structures, use of looping technology, and critically acclaimed albums on the Barsuk label.
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B.
Thee Oh Sees
Thee Oh Sees are a prolific San Francisco–formed garage and psychedelic rock band led by John Dwyer, known for their frenetic live shows and fuzz-heavy, experimental sound.
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C.
The Menzingers
The Menzingers are an American punk rock band known for their melodic, emotionally charged songs and storytelling lyrics.
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D.
Pedro the Lion
Pedro the Lion is an American indie rock band led by singer-songwriter David Bazan, known for its introspective lyrics and emotionally raw, guitar-driven sound.
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E.
Against the Day
Against the Day is a sprawling, genre-blending historical novel by Thomas Pynchon that spans the late 19th and early 20th centuries, weaving together adventure, science, politics, and metaphysical speculation.
- 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: Redd Kross Target entity description: Redd Kross is an American alternative rock band known for its blend of punk, power pop, and glam influences, active since the late 1970s Los Angeles underground scene.
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A.
Menomena
Menomena is an experimental indie rock band from Portland, Oregon, known for its inventive song structures, use of looping technology, and critically acclaimed albums on the Barsuk label.
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B.
Thee Oh Sees
Thee Oh Sees are a prolific San Francisco–formed garage and psychedelic rock band led by John Dwyer, known for their frenetic live shows and fuzz-heavy, experimental sound.
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C.
The Menzingers
The Menzingers are an American punk rock band known for their melodic, emotionally charged songs and storytelling lyrics.
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D.
Pedro the Lion
Pedro the Lion is an American indie rock band led by singer-songwriter David Bazan, known for its introspective lyrics and emotionally raw, guitar-driven sound.
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E.
Against the Day
Against the Day is a sprawling, genre-blending historical novel by Thomas Pynchon that spans the late 19th and early 20th centuries, weaving together adventure, science, politics, and metaphysical speculation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American alternative rock band
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musical group ⓘ rock band ⓘ |
| activeSince | late 1970s ⓘ |
| album |
Beyond the Door
NERFINISHED
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Born Innocent NERFINISHED ⓘ Neurotica NERFINISHED ⓘ Phaseshifter NERFINISHED ⓘ Researching the Blues NERFINISHED ⓘ Show World NERFINISHED ⓘ Teen Babes from Monsanto NERFINISHED ⓘ Third Eye NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Black Flag
NERFINISHED
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Circle Jerks NERFINISHED ⓘ Melvins NERFINISHED ⓘ OFF! NERFINISHED ⓘ The Tourists NERFINISHED ⓘ Ze Malibu Kids NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| debutAlbum | Born Innocent NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| debutAlbumReleaseYear | 1982 ⓘ |
| formedIn | 1978 ⓘ |
| genre |
alternative rock
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garage rock ⓘ glam rock ⓘ hard rock ⓘ power pop ⓘ punk rock ⓘ |
| hasPastMember |
Astrid McDonald
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Brian Reitzell NERFINISHED ⓘ Eddie Kurdziel NERFINISHED ⓘ Greg Hetson NERFINISHED ⓘ Janet Housden NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Hecker NERFINISHED ⓘ Ron Reyes NERFINISHED ⓘ Tracy Lea NERFINISHED ⓘ Victor Indrizzo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| member |
Jeff McDonald
NERFINISHED
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Steven McDonald NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement |
Los Angeles alternative rock scene
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Los Angeles punk scene ⓘ |
| notableFor | blend of punk, power pop, and glam influences ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Beyond the Door
NERFINISHED
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Born Innocent NERFINISHED ⓘ Neurotica NERFINISHED ⓘ Phaseshifter NERFINISHED ⓘ Researching the Blues NERFINISHED ⓘ Show World NERFINISHED ⓘ Teen Babes from Monsanto NERFINISHED ⓘ Third Eye NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| origin | Los Angeles, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Redd Kross Description of subject: Redd Kross is an American alternative rock band known for its blend of punk, power pop, and glam influences, active since the late 1970s Los Angeles underground scene.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.