# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/a-guy-called-gerald
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:48:22.567Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/a-guy-called-gerald"
name: "A Guy Called Gerald"
slug: "a-guy-called-gerald"
description: "Gerald Rydel Simpson, better known as A Guy Called Gerald, is a British record producer and musician. He was an early member of the electronic group 808 State, contributing to their debut LP Newbuild (1988) and hit single \"Pacific State\" (1989). He also achieved solo success with his 1988 hit single \"Voodoo Ray\", which became a touchstone of Manchester's acid house scene and reached No. 12 in the UK charts."
tagline: "British musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/A_Guy_Called_Gerald_(2014%2C_cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1967-02-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.15
  momentum:             0.327066701004378
  historical:           12.81102666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/guycalledgerald"
    handle:    "guycalledgerald"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/aguycalledgerald/"
    handle:    "aguycalledgerald"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/aguycalledgerald"
    handle:    "aguycalledgerald"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/1TV0WTE9ukywcLGMh4j4iU"
    handle:    "1TV0WTE9ukywcLGMh4j4iU"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.guycalledgerald.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "اى جوى كاليد جيرالد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Guy_Called_Gerald"
    title: "A Guy Called Gerald"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Guy_Called_Gerald"
    title: "A Guy Called Gerald"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Guy_Called_Gerald"
    title: "A Guy Called Gerald"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Guy_Called_Gerald"
    title: "A Guy Called Gerald"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Guy_Called_Gerald"
    title: "A Guy Called Gerald"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Guy_Called_Gerald"
    title: "A Guy Called Gerald"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Guy_Called_Gerald"
    title: "A Guy Called Gerald"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AC%E3%82%A4%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%83%A9%E3%83%AB%E3%83%89"
    title: "ア・ガイ・コールド・ジェラルド"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Guy_Called_Gerald"
    title: "A Guy Called Gerald"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Guy_Called_Gerald"
    title: "A Guy Called Gerald"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Guy_Called_Gerald"
    title: "A Guy Called Gerald"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%B0%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%84%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%94%E0%B9%8C%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%88%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%94%E0%B9%8C"
    title: "อะกายคอลด์เจรัลด์"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/b343730d-a34e-44d5-9191-a83f00231716"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q300430"
    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump