Jello Biafra
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jello Biafra (born Eric Reed Boucher; June 17, 1958) 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 his time with the band concluded, 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 art, 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 an anarchist who 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jello Biafra, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Movies (46)
Something Better Change
as Self
2024
Solvent
as Nazi (voice)
2024
Born to Be Wild: The Story of Steppenwolf
as Self
2024
Hacking at Leaves
as Self
2024
Cover Your Ears
as Self
2023
Sound of the Surf
as Self
2022
The Mojo Manifesto: The Life and Times of Mojo Nixon
as Self
2022
All You Can Eat
as Answering Machine Man (voice)
2022
2020: The Dumpster Fire
as Contributor
2021
Records
as Self
2021
The Art of Protest
as Self
2020
The Last Black Man in San Francisco
as Tour Guide
2019
Jim Dandy to the Rescue: A Film by Joey Skidmore
2018
Industrial Accident: The Story of Wax Trax! Records
as Self
2018
Bathtubs Over Broadway
as Self
2018
Poison Idea: Legacy of Dysfunction
as Self
2017
An American in Texas
as Mayor
2017
The Music of Magma
as Self
2017
Turn It Around: The Story of East Bay Punk
as Self
2017
The Colossus of Destiny: A Melvins Tale
as Self
2016
Stranded
as Self
2015
The Damned: Don't You Wish That We Were Dead
as Self
2015
Records Collecting Dust
as Self
2015
Never Turn Your Back On Sparks
as Self
2014
The Color of Noise
as Self
2014
Riot on the Dance Floor
as Self
2014
Heino – Made in Germany
as Self
2013
I Love You...I am the Porn Queen
as Francis Alexander / Syd
2013
Desagradável
2013
Questa non è una esercitazione
as Himself
2012
Clockwork Orange County
as Self
2012
Wild Thing
as Self
2012
The Weird World of Blowfly
as Self
2011
Fix: The Ministry Movie
as Self
2011
Freaks In Love
as Self
2011
Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune
as Self
2011
William S. Burroughs: A Man Within
as Self
2010
We Were Feared
as Self
2010
Sounds Like a Revolution
as Self
2010
American Artifact: The Rise of American Rock Poster Art
as Self
2009
Retardead
as Mayor Anton Sinclaire
2008
Pansy Division: Life in a Gay Rock Band
as Self
2008
Wesley Willis's Joyrides
as Self
2008
Punk's Not Dead
as Self
2007
American Drug War: The Last White Hope
as Self - Activist
2007
924 Gilman Street
as Self
2007
