# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/barry-adamson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:33:15.060Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/barry-adamson"
name: "Barry Adamson"
slug: "barry-adamson"
description: "Barry Adamson is an English rock musician. He came to prominence in the late 1970s as a member of the post-punk band Magazine and went on to work with Visage, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, and the electro musicians Pan Sonic. In addition to prolific solo work, Adamson has also remixed Grinderman, The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Recoil and Depeche Mode. He also worked on the soundtrack for David Lynch's surrealistic crime film Lost Highway."
tagline: "British musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Magazine4.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: "1958-06-01"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           63.99
  momentum:             1.078180889115994
  historical:           14.82276266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     95
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 4480
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/AdamsonBarry"
    handle:    "AdamsonBarry"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/adamsonbarry/"
    handle:    "adamsonbarry"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.barryadamson.com"
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/adamsonbarry"
    handle:    "adamsonbarry"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0011473/"
    handle:    "nm0011473"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/4xoV3kh3rwrWaPc17zyDyY"
    handle:    "Barry Adamson"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFgnbsFcyCTGBCGiZDD2tyA"
    handle:    "@barryadamsonmusic"
    followers: 4480
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A_%D8%A2%D8%AF%D9%85%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "باري آدمسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%89_%D8%A2%D8%AF%D9%85%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "بارى آدمسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C_%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%85%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "باری ادمسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Barry Adamson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Adamson"
    title: "Barry Adamson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Adamson"
    title: "Barry Adamson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Adamson"
    title: "Barry Adamson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Adamson"
    title: "Barry Adamson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Adamson"
    title: "Barry Adamson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Adamson"
    title: "Barry Adamson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Adamson"
    title: "Barry Adamson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%90%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%80%E3%83%A0%E3%82%BD%E3%83%B3"
    title: "バリー・アダムソン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Adamson"
    title: "Barry Adamson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BC%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%80%D0%B8"
    title: "Адамсон, Барри"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%80%D1%96_%D0%90%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BC%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Баррі Адамсон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/a50a1afa-23eb-4ba6-9faf-5dec260898ca"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q809003"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/9548"
    title: "Barry Adamson"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump