Jello Biafra

Eric Reed Boucher (born June 17, 1958), better known by the stage name Jello Biafra, is an American punk rock musician and political activist best known as the former lead singer of the Dead Kennedys. In the wake of the band's disbandment, he has become a solo musician and spoken word artist. In his political life, he is an active member of the Green Party and has participated in activism relating to his progressive political beliefs. He is a self-proclaimed anarchist (though not a promoter of anarchy), and advocates civil disobedience and pranksterism in the name of political change. Biafra himself has been known to use absurdist media tactics in the tradition of the Yippies to highlight issues of civil rights, social justice, and anti-corporatism.

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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, Nigeria regained control of the nascent Biafran state. Jello Biafra came up with his name as an ironic combination of a non-nutritionally valued corporate food product and mass starvation.

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June 17: June 17 is the 168th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (169th in leap years), with 197 days remaining....

1958: 1958 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar....

Stage name: A stage name, or a screen name for movie stars, is a pseudonym used by performers and actors. A clown name is a stage name for clown performer....