Shannon Hoon
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Shannon Hoon was the American lead singer of the rock band Blind Melon, best known for his distinctive voice and the hit song "No Rain" before his death in 1995.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Shannon Hoon canonical | 41 |
| Richard Shannon Hoon | 2 |
| focuses on late vocalist Shannon Hoon | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T173626 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shannon Hoon Context triple: [Shannon, hasNotableBearer, Shannon Hoon]
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A.
Billie Joe Armstrong
Billie Joe Armstrong is an American musician best known as the lead vocalist, guitarist, and primary songwriter of the punk rock band Green Day.
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B.
Chris Cornell
Chris Cornell was an American rock musician best known as the powerful lead vocalist of Soundgarden and Audioslave and a key figure in the Seattle grunge movement.
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C.
Marky Ramone
Marky Ramone is an American drummer best known for his long tenure with the pioneering punk rock band the Ramones.
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D.
Jon Lomberg
Jon Lomberg is an American space artist and science communicator best known for his close collaboration with Carl Sagan and his major role in designing the visual and artistic elements of NASA’s interstellar messages, including the Voyager Golden Record.
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E.
Arthur Lee
Arthur Lee was an American diplomat and member of the prominent Lee family of Virginia who played a key role in securing French support for the United States during the Revolutionary War.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shannon Hoon Target entity description: Shannon Hoon was the American lead singer of the rock band Blind Melon, best known for his distinctive voice and the hit song "No Rain" before his death in 1995.
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A.
Billie Joe Armstrong
Billie Joe Armstrong is an American musician best known as the lead vocalist, guitarist, and primary songwriter of the punk rock band Green Day.
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B.
Chris Cornell
Chris Cornell was an American rock musician best known as the powerful lead vocalist of Soundgarden and Audioslave and a key figure in the Seattle grunge movement.
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C.
Marky Ramone
Marky Ramone is an American drummer best known for his long tenure with the pioneering punk rock band the Ramones.
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D.
Jon Lomberg
Jon Lomberg is an American space artist and science communicator best known for his close collaboration with Carl Sagan and his major role in designing the visual and artistic elements of NASA’s interstellar messages, including the Voyager Golden Record.
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E.
Arthur Lee
Arthur Lee was an American diplomat and member of the prominent Lee family of Virginia who played a key role in securing French support for the United States during the Revolutionary War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American musician
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human ⓘ rock singer ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 1995 ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1980s ⓘ |
| appearsIn | music video for "No Rain" ⓘ |
| associatedAct | Guns N' Roses ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Dayton, Indiana, United States ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | drug overdose ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith | Axl Rose ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1967-09-26 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1995-10-21 ⓘ |
| endTime | 1995 ⓘ |
| eyeColor | blue ⓘ |
| familyName | Hoon ⓘ |
| fullName |
Richard Shannon Hoon
ⓘ
linked to:
Shannon Hoon
|
| genre |
alternative rock
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grunge ⓘ neo-psychedelia ⓘ |
| givenName |
Richard
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Shannon ⓘ |
| hairColor | brown ⓘ |
| hasChild | Nico Blue Hoon ⓘ |
| influenced | post-grunge vocalists ⓘ |
| instrument |
acoustic guitar
ⓘ
vocals ⓘ |
| knownFor |
distinctive high-pitched voice
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fronting the band Blind Melon ⓘ |
| memberOf | Blind Melon ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | English ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Blind Melon (album)
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linked to:
Blind Melon
No Rain ⓘ |
| occupation |
singer
ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
recording of the album "Blind Melon"
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recording of the album "Soup" ⓘ |
| performedOn |
Guns N' Roses song "Don't Cry"
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Guns N' Roses song "The Garden" ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Lafayette, Indiana, United States
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linked to:
Lafayette, Indiana
|
| placeOfDeath |
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
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linked to:
New Orleans
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| positionHeld | lead vocalist of Blind Melon ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Capitol Records ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| residence |
Los Angeles, California, United States
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linked to:
Los Angeles
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| startTime | 1989 ⓘ |
| vocalType | tenor ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Shannon Hoon Description of subject: Shannon Hoon was the American lead singer of the rock band Blind Melon, best known for his distinctive voice and the hit song "No Rain" before his death in 1995.
Referenced by (44)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Shannon Hoon
linked to: Shannon Hoon
subject linked to:
Guns N' Roses song "Don't Cry"
subject linked to:
Guns N' Roses song "Don't Cry"
subject linked to:
Guns N' Roses song "The Garden"
subject linked to:
Guns N' Roses song "The Garden"
subject linked to:
showcases Blind Melon’s sound before the release of their debut album
subject linked to:
documentary "All I Can Say"
subject linked to:
documentary "All I Can Say"
subject linked to:
Lisa Crouse