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Jello Biafra (born Eric Reed Boucher; June 17, 1958, Boulder, Colorado) 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 he left the band, 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, 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 a staunch believer in free society, which is not to be confused with libertarianism or voluntary society (voluntaryism), who 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.
Biafra, officially the Republic of Biafra, was a secessionist state in south-eastern Nigeria that existed from 30 May 1967 to 15 January 1970, taking its name from the Bight of Biafra (the Atlantic bay to its south). The inhabitants were mostly the Igbo people who led the secession due to economic, ethnic, cultural and religious tensions among the various peoples of Nigeria. The creation of the new country was among the complex causes for the Nigerian Civil War, also known as the Nigerian-Biafran War.
Land of the Rising Sun was chosen for Biafra's national anthem, and the state was formally recognised by Gabon, Haiti, Ivory Coast, Tanzania and Zambia. Other nations which did not give official recognition but which did provide support and assistance to Biafra included Israel, France, Portugal, Rhodesia, South Africa and the Vatican City. Biafra also received aid from non-state actors, including Joint Church Aid, Holy Ghost Fathers of Ireland, Caritas International, MarkPress and U.S. Catholic Relief Services.
Jello Biafra, singer of Dead Kennedys : "In some ways, Punk should die" (Télérama.fr, 2013)
Jello Biafra's Vinyl Collection - Crate Diggers (Part 1)
Jello Biafra's Vinyl Collection - Crate Diggers (Part 2)
jello biafra and tipper gore on oprah 1986 part 1 of 4.flv
Jello Biafra For Mayor 1979 TV77 Logo
Jello Biafra - White People And The Damage Done (2013) Full
Nardwuar vs. Jello Biafra (2013)
Political punk rocker Jello Biafra in Studio Q
JELLO BIAFRA interviews the UFO cult UNARIUS
Jello Biafra- Opra-post trial 3-7-1990
Jello Biafra - Tales from the Trial
Jello Biafra/Dead Kennedys Interview
JELLO BIAFRA - talks about the reason why the Dead Kennedys fell apart
Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School of Medicine (full cd)
Actors: Jello Biafra (actor), Maria Bamford (actress), Dave Brockie (actor), Arj Barker (actor), Vivek Maddala (composer), Jason Mitchell (editor), Jason Mitchell (director), Stacey Ransom (producer), Lisa Vandenberghe (costume designer), Sal Calanni (producer), Sal Calanni (writer), Sal Calanni (actor), Robert Selander (composer), Robert Selander (director), Robert Selander (writer),
Genres: Comedy, Music, Short,