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Jello Biafra (born Eric Reed Boucher; June 17, 1958) is an American musician, spoken word artist and leading figure of the Green Party of the United States. Biafra first gained attention as the lead singer and songwriter for San Francisco punk rock band Dead Kennedys. After his time with the band concluded, he took over the influential independent record label Alternative Tentacles, which he had co-founded in 1979 with Dead Kennedys bandmate East Bay Ray. Although now focused primarily on spoken word art, he has continued as a musician in numerous collaborations.
Politically, Biafra is a member of the Green Party of the United States and actively supports various political causes. He ran for the party's Presidential nomination in 2000, finishing second to Ralph Nader. He is an anarchist who advocates direct action and pranksterism in the name of political causes. Biafra is known to use absurdist media tactics, in the leftist tradition of the Yippies, to highlight issues of civil rights and social justice.
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Filmography
all 89
Movies 85
self 61
TV Shows 4
Voice 2
Narrator 1
Director 1
Solvent (2024)
All You Can Eat (2022)
2020: The Dumpster Fire (2021)
Punk (2019)
An American in Texas (2017)
Stranded (2015)
Records Collecting Dust (2015)
I Love You...I am the Porn Queen (2013)
Portlandia (2011)
We Were Feared (2010)
Retardead (2008)
American Drug War: The Last White Hope (2007)
Death and Texas (2004)
Bikini Bandits (2002)
Owned (2002)
Mary Jane's Not a Virgin Anymore (1998)
Virtue (1997)
Skulhedface (1994)
Highway 61 (1991)
Terminal City Ricochet (1990)
Tapeheads (1988)
Lovedolls Superstar (1986)
Dead Kennedys: DMPO's on Broadway (1985)
Deaf/Punk (1980)
Trade Off
Shot Edited
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GenderMale
Birthday1958-06-17 (66 years old)
Birth NameEric Reed Boucher
Birth PlaceBoulder, United States
Religionatheism
MotherVirginia Boucher
CitizenshipsUnited States
ResidencesSan Francisco, United States of America
Also Known AsEric Boucher
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