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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 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.
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 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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rage-n-love wrote:
my all time hero...
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born-a-zombie wrote:
Jello for President! [6]
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PissedPunk84 wrote:
Jello for President! [5]
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lateleigh wrote:
Check out my recent interview with Jello, everyone! http://guestlisted.blogspot.com/2011/10/jello-biafra-interview-2011.html. Enjoy!
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kakakakara wrote:
I want to marry his brain. Legend.
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StefanTrip wrote:
„You update your fаcebook every night and you call that a life?“ Jello Biafra
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AsILayFleecing wrote:
I think this guy may hate Bush.
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musicmankenn wrote:
There's always room for Jello..........
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de-ca-dent wrote:
Whisky Flavoured Sounds - connected artist.
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mynameisjoehann wrote:
Awesome guy!
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debo2 wrote:
impossible for liberals to deal with ? he called tipper gore right wing
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allman0 wrote:
be young again and wild and do please have once more a dead kennedy band. i want more of you.
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Ghost_Fahey wrote:
No one for president! [2]
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xnewkidofarmyx wrote:
Too a good solution.
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xnewkidofarmyx wrote:
Jello for President! [3]
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angel_clipped wrote:
Jello for President! [2]
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ishigum wrote:
Jello for President!
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AztecChieftain wrote:
Jokesta of the century
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joaco_garcia wrote:
Un poquito de Jello Biafra en Argentina http://punkrocksong.com.ar/una-pincelada-de-jello-biafra-en-argentina/5681/
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pujan88 wrote:
Jello is one of the the most hardcore punk
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