# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/angus-maclise
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:18:18.912Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/angus-maclise"
name: "Angus MacLise"
slug: "angus-maclise"
description: "Angus William MacLise was an American percussionist, composer, poet, occultist and calligrapher, known as the first drummer for the Velvet Underground who abruptly quit due to disagreements with the band playing their first paid show."
tagline: "American musician and poet (1938–1979)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Angus_MacLise_yearbook.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1938-03-14"
deathDate: "1979-06-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0989593/"
    handle:    "nm0989593"
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    title: "Маклис, Ангус"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump