Jello Biafra

Jello Biafra (real name: Eric Boucher) was the lead singer for the Dead Kennedys, a punk rock band.

Biafra has used absurdist media tactics in the tradition of the Yippies? to highlight issues of civil rights, social justice, and anti-corporatism.

In 1979 he ran for mayor of San Francisco.

He has released several spoken-word albums, including No More Cocoons, and did vocals for an album by Lard (The Power of Lard).

In the year 2000, he was nominated to be a candidate for the President of the United States on the Green Party ticket. Although he did not actively campaign for the position, he appeared on the ballot in most states.

Of note: Biafra? was the name of a country which attempted to secede from Nigeria in 1966. After 4 years of fighting, Nigeria regained control of the nascent Biafran state.