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Jello Biafra Wiki Biography
Eric Reed Boucher was born on the 17th June 1958, in Boulder, Colorado USA, and as Jello Biafra is most famous as a former member of Dead Kennedys, San Francisco’s punk rock band in which he served as the lead singer as well as a songwriter. Jello Biafra is also the co-founder of independent record label Alternative Tentacles. Besides music, Jello is also known as a member of the Green Party of the United States, including being its candidate for the 2000 Presidential election.
Have you ever wondered how much wealth this uncommon man has accumulated so far? How rich Jello Biafra is? According to sources, it is estimated that the total amount of Jello Biafra’s net worth, as of late 2016, is $500,000 and includes ownership of an independent record label Alternative Tentacles. It has all been primarily acquired throughout his music career, which has been active since 1976.
Jello Biafra was born to Virginia, a librarian, and psychiatric social worker Stanley Wayne Boucher, and is of mostly American descent, but also has some Jewish ancestry. Jello’s interest in music and politics dates back to his early childhood when he started listening to rock music, and passionately watched the news. He attended the University of California, Santa Cruz where he studied acting and the history of Paraguay, however, he abandoned formal education in order to pursue a music career. In late 1976, Jello joined the punk rock group The Ravers (later renamed to The Nails), as a member of its road crew. Soon after, Jello teamed up with John Greenway’s The Healers, a local band infamous for its rather improvised lyrics and specifically “avant garde” style. These engagements marked the beginning of Jello Biafra’s music career and provided the basis for his overall net worth.
In 1978, Jello Biafra alongside East Bay Ray founded the Dead Kennedys. In the beginning he used the stage name Occupant, but soon afterwards he changed it to the now widely known Jello Biafra, a mix of Jell-o, the brand name of gelatin desserts and Biafra, a shortened version of the Republic of Biafra, a short-lived breakaway Nigerian state.
Besides being the frontman of the band, Jello also wrote the band’s songs, with the nature of his lyrics being quite political and sociological with a vast dose of criticism and sarcasm. In 1979, the band’s first single “Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables” hit the charts. However, due to the song’s controversial lyrics the band faced distribution problems, so Jello Biafra decided to found his own, independent record label in 1979 – Alternative Tentacles – and in 1980 the band’s debut same-named studio album was released. This venture added to Jello’s overall net worth.
Jello Biafra and the Dead Kennedys caught the focus of the media when in 1985 they released their “Frankenchrist” album featuring H.R. Giger’s Work 219: Landscape XX as the album cover. This unique painting of rows of penises in anal intercourse brought Jello to court as he faced the “harmful matters to minors” distribution charges. Prior to the 1986 Kennedys’ breakup, the band released four studio albums in total including, apart from those mentioned above, “Plastic Surgery Disasters” (1982) and “Bedtime for Democracy” (1986) including several hit singles such as “California Über Alles” and “Holiday in Cambodia”. All these engagements helped Jello Biafra to earn controversial status among artists as well as to increase his overall net worth.
Apart from his music career, during which he has also performed with Lard, D.O.A. and The Melvins, Jello Biafra also made some efforts towards politics. In 1979 he ran for mayor of San Francisco, with his platform including several rather unconventional points, such as forcing businessman to wear clown suits, citywide ban of motor vehicles and holding auctions for high-ranking government positions. Although ironic and unusual, Jello Biafra was ranked No.4 among the top 10 candidates. In 2000, Jello Biafra was drafted as the New York State Green Party’s presidential candidate, but bowed to Ralph Nader.
When it comes to his personal life, Jello Biafra was married to Theresa Soder, the lead singer of punk band The Situations, known under her stage name Ninotchka. The marriage, which began with a wedding ceremony held in a graveyard, lasted from 1981 to 1986. Jello Biafra currently lives in San Francisco, California.
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Jello Biafra Quick Info
Full Name | Jello Biafra |
Net Worth | $500,000 |
Date Of Birth | June 17, 1958 |
Place Of Birth | Boulder, Colorado, United States |
Height | 1.75 m |
Profession | Singer, Songwriter, Politician, Actor |
Education | Boulder High School, University of California, Santa Cruz |
Nationality | American |
Spouse | Ninotchka |
Parents | Stanley Boucher, Virginia Boucher |
Siblings | Julie J. Boucher |
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IMDB | http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0080470/ |
Allmusic | http://www.allmusic.com/artist/jello-biafra-mn0000322642 |
Music Groups | Holiday in Cambodia, Nazi Punks Fuck Off, California Über Alles, Dead Kennedys, Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School of Medicine, Lard, Teenage Time Killers, Revolting Cocks, The No WTO Combo, Pigface |
Movies | Tapeheads, Terminal City Ricochet, Bikini Bandits Experience, Lovedolls Superstar, Skulhedface, William S. Burroughs: A Man Within, American Drug War: The Last White Hope, Highway 61, Anarchism in America, Retardead, X: The Unheard Music, Plaster Caster, Death & Texas, Body Count: Murder 4 Hire, Pan… |
Jello Biafra Quotes
- For every prohibition you create, you also create an underground.
- If evolution is outlawed, only outlaws will evolve.
- Don’t HATE the media, BECOME the media!
Jello Biafra Important Facts
- Subject of the song “Jello Biafra” by Wesley Willis.
- In 1979 he founded the record label Alternative Tentacles in San Francisco, CA.
- The Dead Kennedys’s 1980 debut album “Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables” is recognized as an influential and seminal album in the early 80’s punk rock scene.
- When running for mayor of San Francisco in 1979 his election slogan was, “There’s Always Room for Jello”.
- In 1979, he ran for Mayor of San Francisco, California under his stage name, originally as a “gag’ candidate, then as a serious one. His campaign platform included requiring all police officers to live in the neighborhoods they were assigned to patrol. He finished 4th in a field of 10 candidates, with 4% of the popular vote. Shortly afterwords, a law was passed in that city prohibiting running for public office under an assumed name.
- Levi’s allegedly asked to use the introduction of the song “Holiday in Cambodia” for a commercial. However, the offer was never considered as Jello disagreed with many of Levi’s practices at that time.
- Involved in Lard project with Al Jourgensen and Paul Barker (of Ministry).
- After leaving Dead Kennedys he formed the band Lard.
- Chose his pseudonym as a commentary on starvation. “Jello” is based on “Jell-o”, a brand of gelatin dessert with no natural nutritional value. Biafra was a section of eastern Nigeria that proclaimed independence in 1967. All transport was closed off to the breakaway republic by Nigeria, and mass starvation caused the country to collapse in 1970.
- He and the ex-members of Dead Kennedys have a very bitter relationship.
- He was sued in 2001 by ex-members of Dead Kennedys for past royalties and access to The Dead Kennedys’ back catalog.
- His home was raided shortly after the release of Dead Kennedys album, “Frankenchrist” by police. The album outraged religious conservatives, who claimed that it disseminated harmful material to minors. He tells a story about this incident on his spoken word CD, “No More Cocoons”.
- Was very bitter that Dead Kennedys song, “Holiday In Cambodia” was used for a Levi’s commercial in 2001. He made statements saying that Levi’s uses unfair business practices and sweatshop labor.
- Is on an F.O.P. (Fraternal Order Of Police) boycott list for his support of Mumia Abu-Jamal, along with other musicians and celebrities.
- In addition to running for mayor, he also tried to run for President in 2000. He named convicted cop killer Mumia Abu-Jamal as his running mate. It was merely a publicity stunt for activism on Mumia Abu Jamal’s behalf, as his case is believed by some to be a frame-up and is very controversial.
Jello Biafra Filmography
Title | Year | Status | Character | Role |
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Democracy Now! | 2016 | TV Series writer – 1 episode | Soundtrack | |
American Honey | 2016 | writer: “I Kill Children” – as Eric Boucher | Soundtrack | |
Green Room | 2015 | writer: “Nazi Punks Fuck Off” – as Eric Boucher | Soundtrack | |
I Love You… I am The Porn Queen | 2013 | Short “Dot Com Monte”, “Invasion of the Mindsnatchers” | Soundtrack | |
Catalunya über alles! | 2011 | writer: “California über alles” | Soundtrack | |
Foo Fighters: Back and Forth | 2011 | Documentary writer: “Stealing People’s Mail” | Soundtrack | |
Rango | 2011 | writer: “FORKBOY” | Soundtrack | |
I Melt with You | 2011 | writer: “Holiday in Cambodia” | Soundtrack | |
Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune | 2010 | Documentary performer: “Love Me I’m a Liberal” | Soundtrack | |
The Social Network | 2010 | writer: “California Uber Alles” | Soundtrack | |
Nitro Circus | 2009 | TV Series writer – 1 episode | Soundtrack | |
Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock | 2007 | Video Game writer: “Holiday in Cambodia” | Soundtrack | |
Planet Terror | 2007 | writer: “Too Drunk To Fuck” | Soundtrack | |
Grindhouse | 2007 | writer: “Too Drunk to Fuck” | Soundtrack | |
Punk’s Not Dead | 2007 | Documentary writer: “Holiday in Cambodia” | Soundtrack | |
American Wasteland | 2005 | Video Game writer: “California Über Alles” | Soundtrack | |
Fierce People | 2005 | writer: “Kill the Poor” | Soundtrack | |
The Manchurian Candidate | 2004 | “Kinky Sex Makes the World Go Round” | Soundtrack | |
Wie Feuer und Flamme | 2001 | writer: “California über alles” | Soundtrack | |
Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater | 1999 | Video Game writer: “Police Truck” | Soundtrack | |
SLC Punk! | 1998 | writer: “Kill the Poor” | Soundtrack | |
The Big One | 1997 | Documentary performer: “Convoy in the Sky” 1994 | Soundtrack | |
The Second Coming | 1997 | Short performer: “Are you Drinkin’ with me Jesus” | Soundtrack | |
Sepultura: Third World Chaos | 1995 | Video documentary writer: “Holiday In Cambodia” | Soundtrack | |
Natural Born Killers | 1994 | writer: “Forkboy” | Soundtrack | |
Terminal City Ricochet | 1990 | as J. Biafra, Biafra, “Falling Space Junk Hold the Anchovies!”, “That’s Progress”, “Message From Our Sponsor/Object-Subject” / lyrics: “Message From Our Sponsor/Object-Subject” – as J. Biafra | Soundtrack | |
Tapeheads | 1988 | writer: “In Sight” | Soundtrack | |
Lovedolls Superstar | 1986 | writer: “One Way Ticket to Pluto” – as J. Biafra | Soundtrack | |
Dead Kennedys: DMPO’s on Broadway | 1985 | Video documentary writer: “Police Truck”, Hop With The Jet Set, A Child and his Lawnmower, Moral Majority, MTV Get Off The Air, Life Sentance, Jock O Rama, Goons of Hazard, Riot, Bleed For Me, Nazi Punks Fuck Off, We’ve Got a Bigger Problem Now | Soundtrack | |
Class | 1983 | writer: “Holidays In Cambodia” – as Eric R. Boucher | Soundtrack | |
A Night at Halsted’s | 1982 | writer: “Holiday in Cambodia” – uncredited | Soundtrack | |
Neighbors | 1981 | writer: “Holiday In Cambodia” – uncredited | Soundtrack | |
An American in Texas | 2016 | completed | Mayor | Actor |
Portlandia | 2014 | TV Series | Punk | Actor |
The Hipster Games: Blowing Smoke | 2013 | Short | President Jello | Actor |
I Love You… I am The Porn Queen | 2013 | Short | Francis Alexander / Syd | Actor |
Lucifer’s Crewcut | 2011 | Short | Jello Biafra | Actor |
Soviet Unterzoegersdorf: Sector 2 | 2009 | Video Game | Oberzögersdorf White Trash | Actor |
Retardead | 2008 | Video | Mayor Anton Sinclaire | Actor |
Death and Texas | 2004 | Prison spokesman | Actor | |
Bikini Bandits | 2002 | Video | Evil Porn Director | Actor |
The Widower | 1999 | Vance / Satan | Actor | |
Virtue | 1999/II | VR Poker Dealer | Actor | |
The Best of Flipside Video #3 | 1995 | Video | Dead Kennedys | Actor |
Skulhedface | 1994 | Video | Boss Glom | Actor |
Highway 61 | 1991 | Customs Agent #1 | Actor | |
Terminal City Ricochet | 1990 | Bruce Coddle | Actor | |
Tapeheads | 1988 | FBI Man #1 | Actor | |
Lovedolls Superstar | 1986 | Mr. President | Actor | |
An American in Texas | 2016 | completed | Composer | |
We Live Through These Times | 1999 | Documentary short | Composer | |
Hit So Hard | 2011 | Documentary thanks | Thanks | |
Wesley Willis’s Joyrides | 2008 | Documentary special thanks | Thanks | |
Counter Convention: A Free New York Special | 2005 | Documentary special thanks | Thanks | |
Bush Family Fortunes: The Best Democracy Money Can Buy | 2004 | Video documentary special thanks | Thanks | |
The American Astronaut | 2001 | special thanks – as Jello Biaffra | Thanks | |
Save the Headwater’s Forests | 1997 | TV Movie documentary special thanks | Thanks | |
The Industrial Musicals Movie | 2018 | Documentary filming | Himself | Self |
Turn It Around: The Story of East Bay Punk | 2017 | Documentary completed | Himself | Self |
The Secret Syde: I See Through Your Mind | Documentary filming | Himself | Self | |
The Colossus of Destiny: A Melvins Tale | 2016 | Documentary | Self | |
The Damned: Don’t You Wish That We Were Dead | 2015 | Documentary | Self | |
Records Collecting Dust | 2015 | Documentary | Jello Biafra | Self |
Never Turn Your Back on Sparks | 2014 | Documentary | Himself | Self |
Riot on the Dance Floor | 2014 | Documentary | Himself | Self |
Who Is Vermin Supreme? An Outsider Odyssey | 2014 | Documentary | Himself | Self |
Heino – Made in Germany | 2013 | TV Movie documentary | Himself | Self |
The Art of Punk | 2013 | TV Series documentary | Self | |
Clockwork Orange County | 2012 | Video documentary | Self | |
A Band Called Death | 2012 | Documentary | Himself / Interviewee | Self |
VHK – akik móresre tanították a halált | 2012 | Documentary | Himself | Self |
Bloodied But Unbowed: Uncut | 2011 | Documentary | Himself | Self |
Freaks in Love | 2011 | Documentary | Himself | Self |
Fix: The Ministry Movie | 2011/I | Documentary | Himself | Self |
Wild Thing | 2010 | Documentary | Himself | Self |
Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune | 2010 | Documentary | Friend / Musician | Self |
Sounds Like a Revolution | 2010 | Documentary | Self | |
The Hour | 2010 | TV Series | Himself | Self |
The Weird World of Blowfly | 2010 | Documentary | Himself | Self |
William S. Burroughs: A Man Within | 2010 | Documentary | Himself | Self |
Open Your Mouth and Say… Mr. Chi Pig | 2009 | Documentary | Himself | Self |
American Artifact: The Rise of American Rock Poster Art | 2009 | Documentary | Himself | Self |
Open the Debates: Super Rally in Denver, CO 2008 | 2008 | Video | Himself | Self |
Nerdcore Rising | 2008 | Documentary | Himself | Self |
Wesley Willis’s Joyrides | 2008 | Documentary | Himself | Self |
American Drug War: The Last White Hope | 2007 | Documentary | Himself – Activist | Self |
Punk’s Not Dead | 2007 | Documentary | Himself – Dead Kennedys | Self |
Soft Focus | 2007 | TV Series | Himself – Guest | Self |
924 Gilman Street | 2007 | Documentary | Himself | Self |
Counter Convention: A Free New York Special | 2005 | Documentary | Himself – Interviewee | Self |
Body Count: Murder for Hire | 2005 | Video documentary | Interview subject | Self |
Punk: Attitude | 2005 | Documentary | Himself | Self |
We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen | 2005 | Documentary | Himself | Self |
Get Up, Stand Up | 2003 | TV Series documentary | Himself – Interviewee | Self |
Politically Incorrect | 2002 | TV Series | Himself | Self |
Plaster Caster | 2001 | Documentary | Himself | Self |
Rage: 20 Years of Punk Rock West Coast Style | 2001 | Documentary | Himself | Self |
Ministry: Tapes of Wrath | 2000 | Video | Himself | Self |
Equinox | 2000 | TV Series | Himself | Self |
Trade Off | 2000 | Documentary | Himself | Self |
Mary Jane’s Not a Virgin Anymore | 1998 | Himself | Self | |
We’re Outta Here! | 1997 | Video documentary | Himself | Self |
Sepultura: Third World Chaos | 1995 | Video documentary | Himself | Self |
Freaks, Nerds & Weirdos | 1994 | TV Movie | Himself | Self |
Ministry: In Case You Didn’t Feel Like Showing Up | 1990 | Video | Himself | Self |
The Oprah Winfrey Show | 1990 | TV Series | Himself | Self |
Dead Kennedys: The Early Years | 1987 | Video documentary short | Himself | Self |
X: The Unheard Music | 1986 | Documentary | Himself | Self |
Dead Kennedys: DMPO’s on Broadway | 1985 | Video documentary | Himself (Dead Kennedys vocalist) | Self |
Anarchism in America | 1983 | Documentary | Himself | Self |
Urgh! A Music War | 1981 | Documentary | Himself – Dead Kennedys | Self |
Randale und Liebe | 1981 | TV Movie documentary | Himself (as Dead Kennedys) | Self |
This Is America Part 2 | 1980 | Documentary | Himself | Self |
Video on Trial | 2006 | TV Series | Himself – The Dead Kennedys | Archive Footage |
USA the Movie | 2005 | Video | Himself | Archive Footage |
Mayor of the Sunset Strip | 2003 | Documentary | Himself | Archive Footage |
25 Years of Punk | 2001 | TV Movie documentary | Himself | Archive Footage |