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Eric Reed Boucher (born June 17, 1958) is more widely known by the stage name Jello Biafra. A punk rock musician, political activist and owner of an influential record label, he is best known for his time as the lead singer and song writer for San Francisco punk band, the Dead Kennedys. After his time with the band concluded, he continued as a musician in numerous collaborations and as a spoken word artist. Through his record label, Alternative Tentacles, he released many of his own recordings. Politically, he is a member of the Green Party and actively supports progressive political causes. He is a self-proclaimed anarchist who advocates civil disobedience and pranksterism in the name of political change. Biafra is known to use absurdist media tactics in the tradition of the Yippies to highlight issues of civil rights, social justice, and anti-corporatism.

His stage name is a combination of the brand name Jell-O and the name of the short lived country of Biafra which attempted to secede from Nigeria in 1966. After four years of fighting and horrific starvation in Biafra, Nigeria regained control of the nascent Biafran state. Jello Biafra created his name as an ironic combination of a nutritionally poor mass-produced food product and mass starvation. He said he likes how two ideas clash in people’s minds.

Eric Boucher was born in Boulder, Colorado, USA to Jewish parents Stanley Boucher, a psychiatric social worker and poet, and Virginia Boucher, a librarian. As a child, Boucher developed an interest in international politics that was encouraged by his parents. He was an avid watcher of news and one of his earliest memories is of the John F.

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ANASTASIOSSEBL wrote:
Saturday evening

The best punk perfmormer in history of punk

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tallpaul1 wrote:
last month

More Americans should listen....

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the_golas wrote:
October 2009

has anyone else ever notice they MUST have sped up the DK songs a little to make them sound the way they do on the recordings? when they first played most of the songs live they werent as fast, and jello's voice is NOT that high usually, plus the speed of his vibrato is just insane on the recordings. And the song 'drug me'??? cmonnnnnnn, no way to sing it that fast! i slowed the songs a few bpm on my comp, and it sounded more like they do live.

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NathanBolstad wrote:
October 2009

Ministry fans rejoice! The PISS ARMY is here to stomp your grandmothers!

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October 2009

Vote for this picture: http://www.last.fm/music/Jello+Biafra/+images/36352241

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Rock-A-Rolla wrote:
September 2009

Jello Biafra is on the cover of the latest issue of Rock-A-Rolla! Check it out at www.rock-a-rolla.com

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Yamber wrote:
September 2009

not all punk artists use creative lyrics to insult em, some walk up and punch them in the face

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Bamlaflamme wrote:
September 2009

There's always room for Jell-o!

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Akwamenti wrote:
September 2009

Also, since trolling means to persuade the opponent to flame you, then trolling punk artists is fruitless, since punk artists use creative lyrics to insult their opponents instead of lame flaming.

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Yamber wrote:
September 2009

I wish Jello was my history teacher [2]

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boumalhab wrote:
September 2009

One of my heros, listen to his speech in the leftover crack song baby punchers.

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OoULraoO wrote:
August 2009

Listen to metal, troll punk artists, maintain low self-esteem.

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rangsta-gapp wrote:
August 2009

one of the most annoying voices ever.

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PresidentJello wrote:
August 2009

really one of the greatest

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aibom wrote:
August 2009

One of the greatest political thinkers in existence.

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static-radiance wrote:
July 2009

I adore his voice.

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almightyjoey wrote:
July 2009

Man, what I wouldn't give for a nickname like 'Jello Biafra'.

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hypernation2007 wrote:
July 2009

Thanks for the words, music and everything else.

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capn_bill wrote:
June 2009

Makes too much sense to have someone with an actual opinion in any type of position. Great stuff!

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Timaaaahhhh wrote:
May 2009

I wish Jello was my history teacher.

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