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Jello Biafra

Jun 17, 1958 (66 years old) in Boulder, Colorado, USA

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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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Portlandia
Jello Biafra
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Punk
Self
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The Last Black Man in San Francisco
Tour Guide
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The Art of Punk
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Tapeheads
FBI Man #1
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Dead Kennedys: In God We Trust, Inc. - The Lost Tapes
Jello Biafra
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Punk's Not Dead
Self
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An American in Texas
Mayor
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Death and Texas
Prison spokesman
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Highway 61
Customs Agent #1

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