Jello Biafra, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Jello Biafra

American singer and activist

Date of Birth: 17-Jun-1958

Place of Birth: Boulder, Colorado, United States

Profession: actor, politician, singer, human rights activist, journalist, film actor, peace activist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

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About Jello Biafra

  • Eric Reed Boucher (born June 17, 1958), better known by his professional name Jello Biafra, is an American singer, musician, and spoken word artist.
  • He is the former lead singer and songwriter for the San Francisco punk rock band Dead Kennedys. Initially active from 1979 to 1986, Dead Kennedys were known for rapid-fire music topped with Biafra's sardonic lyrics and biting social commentary, delivered in his "unique quiver of a voice." When the band broke up in 1986, he took over the influential independent record label Alternative Tentacles, which he had founded in 1979 with Dead Kennedys bandmate East Bay Ray.
  • In a 2000 lawsuit, upheld on appeal in 2003 by the California Supreme Court, Biafra was found liable for breach of contract, fraud and malice in withholding a decade's worth of royalties from his former bandmates and ordered to pay over $200,000 in compensation and punitive damages; the band subsequently reformed without Biafra.
  • Although now focused primarily on spoken word performances, Biafra has continued as a musician in numerous collaborations. Politically, Biafra is a member of the Green Party of the United States and supports various political causes.
  • He ran for the party's presidential nomination in the 2000 presidential election, finishing a distant second to Ralph Nader.
  • He is a staunch believer in a free society, and utilizes shock value and 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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