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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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dumbaos wrote:
9 days ago

beautiful lunatic.

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alejandros69 wrote:
14 days ago

master.

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PoshBishounen wrote:
15 days ago

Pure genius.

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DemonCashew wrote:
17 days ago

Badass voice.

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tacowizard wrote:
27 days ago

I'm sorry, I love the Kennedy's and Jello is one helluva mind, but man this rant is truely just talkin to the numbest of the numb! UUUHHHHHHH!! for all the great s#@% he's put forward, this seems like preaching!! maybe it's just me.....I'm sure we all thought and said these things before!

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johntardsbaby66 wrote:
November 2008

george carlin on connected artists, that is awesome

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CptDarknuggets wrote:
November 2008

JELLO FOR PRESIDENT OF EARTH

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vicskatepunk wrote:
November 2008

Jello Biafra for president, FUCK OBAMA FUCK MCCAIN!

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julyjuly13 wrote:
October 2008

make the Jello man President! - save the earth!

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holysnakes wrote:
October 2008

trick or treat sized backpack nukes.

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proudreader wrote:
October 2008

As much as I love that t-shirt, can we change the default pic to something of a bit higher resolution so it doesn't look like ass when it is blown up?

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Bamlaflamme wrote:
September 2008

So fucking powerful.

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dunkelengel wrote:
September 2008

This man's voice is made of pure win, seriously.

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HENRYxOxRAMA wrote:
July 2008

http://www.lastfm.com.br/group/Jello+Biafra+for+president i would be pleased

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whitesensless wrote:
July 2008

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filpaz wrote:
July 2008

We just published on the music blog OrangeSkies a new post which uses the DK song "Police Truck" http://orangeskies.wordpress.com Check it out!

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narcho wrote:
June 2008

Jello Biafra is my idol, he is probably the only real punk that didnt sell out. add me!!

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clobbercronk wrote:
May 2008

and if you liked the Bush regime. Just wait till you see what's coming next.

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panks_not_deder wrote:
May 2008

koja faca!...what a guy! :)

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Cat-her-ine wrote:
May 2008

He inspired me to actually start thinking about what was on the news and get second opinions. Now I take time to think about like everything. Thanks, man!

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