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Eric Reed Boucher (born June 17, 1958), more widely known by the stage name Jell-O|Jello Biafra, is a musician who 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 became more directly involved with political activism and took over the influential independent record label Alternative Tentacles, founded in 1979 by him and East Bay Ray. Although now primarily focused on spoken word art, he has continued as a musician in numerous collaborations.
Politically, he is a member of the United States Green Party|Green Party<ref name = "Green"/> and actively supports leftist political causes. Biafra ran for the party's Presidential nomination in 2000 United States Presidential Election|2000, finishing second to Ralph Nader.<ref>[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9901EFD91E3EF935A25757C0A9669C8B63 Corrections - New York Times<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> He is a self-identified anarchist<ref name="Green">Biafra, Jello. "Platform for 2000 Green Party Presidential Primary". March 7, 2000.</ref> who advocates civil disobedience, direct action, culture jamming 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 ci... read all