Talk:Jello Biafra/Archive 1

Archive 1

Did DK start touring in the late 70s or early 80s? The article says early 70s right now.

I've removed from Jello Biafra the sentence

Marilyn Manson similarly combined the first name of a female pop culture icon and the last name of a serial killer.

bcz it is only vaguely relevant to the article. IMO something derived from the 'graph i took it from, namely

Biafra was the name of a country which attempted to secede from Nigeria in 1966. After 4 years of fighting, and horrific starvation, Nigeria regained control of the nascent Biafran state. Jello Biafra came up with his name as a combination of a violent civil war and a consumer product, to highlight what he believes is a close relationship between consumerist capitalism and Third-World violence. Marilyn Manson similarly combined the first name of a female pop culture icon and the last name of a serial killer.

does belong in an article like Commonalities between Jello Biafra and Marilyn Manson, and more valuably, one like Forced conjunction to express unexpected relationships. And both Jello Biafra and Marilyn Manson should link to both of them.

But those articles should be written by someone surer than i about their being worthwhile. --Jerzy 20:19, 2004 Feb 13 (UTC)

good job. i always wondered why the hell he called himself after biafra.

Biafra probably does believe there's a close relationship between consumer capitalism and violence in the Third World, but I've never heard that was the basis of his name. See [1]: "Jello Biafra picks his name at random out of a notebook. Years later, he says he chose it because he 'likes the way the two images collide in people's minds,'" and [2]: "liked the way the two sounded together." Hence, I've removed the comment unless someone has a source for it. RadicalSubversiv E 07:32, 16 May 2004 (UTC)

Why is Jello Biafra "aka Governor of California" linked to Arnold Schwarzeneggar? --cprompt 06:20, 18 May 2004 (UTC)

It looks to me like the picture is of him doing an impression of the Gubernator... RadicalSubversiv E 11:52, 18 May 2004 (UTC)

I don't really see it. Mind if I edit the caption? --cprompt 03:18, 20 May 2004 (UTC)

Hmm. Could he use more time in the gym? --Jerzy(t) 18:59, 2004 May 20 (UTC)
Feel free. RadicalSubversiv E 11:43, 20 May 2004 (UTC)