Homestead Records
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Homestead Records was an influential American independent record label active in the 1980s and early 1990s, known for releasing pioneering underground rock, punk, and noise music.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Homestead Records canonical | 17 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4161320 — 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: Homestead Records Context triple: [Big Black, recordLabel, Homestead Records]
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A.
Fontana Records
Fontana Records is a British record label known for releasing a wide range of pop, rock, and jazz recordings, particularly during the 1960s and 1970s.
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B.
Silvertone Records
Silvertone Records is a British record label known for signing influential alternative and rock acts, and has operated under major music groups including Bertelsmann Music Group.
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C.
Hoss Records
Hoss Records is an independent music label known for releasing underground and experimental rock and noise-oriented artists.
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D.
Kent Records
Kent Records is an American record label best known for releasing influential blues and R&B recordings, including early work by legendary guitarist and singer B.B. King.
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E.
Kemosabe Records
Kemosabe Records is an American record label founded by producer Dr. Luke, known for signing prominent pop and hip-hop artists such as Doja Cat.
- 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: Homestead Records Target entity description: Homestead Records was an influential American independent record label active in the 1980s and early 1990s, known for releasing pioneering underground rock, punk, and noise music.
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A.
Fontana Records
Fontana Records is a British record label known for releasing a wide range of pop, rock, and jazz recordings, particularly during the 1960s and 1970s.
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B.
Silvertone Records
Silvertone Records is a British record label known for signing influential alternative and rock acts, and has operated under major music groups including Bertelsmann Music Group.
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C.
Hoss Records
Hoss Records is an independent music label known for releasing underground and experimental rock and noise-oriented artists.
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D.
Kent Records
Kent Records is an American record label best known for releasing influential blues and R&B recordings, including early work by legendary guitarist and singer B.B. King.
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E.
Kemosabe Records
Kemosabe Records is an American record label founded by producer Dr. Luke, known for signing prominent pop and hip-hop artists such as Doja Cat.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American record label
ⓘ
independent record label ⓘ |
| activePeriodEnd | early 1990s ⓘ |
| activePeriodStart | 1983 ⓘ |
| businessModel | independent label under a distribution company ⓘ |
| catalogType |
EPs
ⓘ
LPs ⓘ singles ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| distribution |
Dutch East India Trading
ⓘ
linked to:
Dutch East India Company
|
| era | 1980s American underground music ⓘ |
| focus | underground and non-commercial artists ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Barry Tenenbaum ⓘ |
| genre |
alternative rock
ⓘ
hardcore punk ⓘ indie rock ⓘ noise rock ⓘ punk rock ⓘ underground rock ⓘ |
| influenced |
American alternative rock movement
ⓘ
indie rock labels of the 1990s ⓘ |
| locationHeadquarters | New York ⓘ |
| notableFor |
releasing early noise rock recordings
ⓘ
releasing pioneering underground rock records in the 1980s ⓘ supporting American indie and punk scenes ⓘ |
| ownedBy |
Dutch East India Trading
ⓘ
linked to:
Dutch East India Company
|
| parentCompany |
Dutch East India Trading
ⓘ
linked to:
Dutch East India Company
|
| releasedMusicBy |
Big Black
ⓘ
Boredoms ⓘ Dinosaur Jr. ⓘ My Dad Is Dead ⓘ Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds ⓘ Sonic Youth ⓘ Squirrel Bait ⓘ Swans ⓘ The Butthole Surfers ⓘ
linked to:
Butthole Surfers
The Dicks ⓘ The Great Plains ⓘ The Leaving Trains ⓘ The Meat Puppets ⓘ
linked to:
Meat Puppets
The Miracles of God ⓘ The Naked Raygun ⓘ
linked to:
Naked Raygun
The Offenders ⓘ The Salem 66 ⓘ The U-Men ⓘ The Volcano Suns ⓘ
linked to:
Volcano Suns
Toxic Reasons ⓘ |
| status | defunct ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 1980s and early 1990s ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Homestead Records Description of subject: Homestead Records was an influential American independent record label active in the 1980s and early 1990s, known for releasing pioneering underground rock, punk, and noise music.
Referenced by (17)
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